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Effect of different electrical stunning methods on meat quality of marmara Kivircik breed lamb in Turkey Republic [PDF]

open access: yesVeterinarski Glasnik, 2007
The effects of head-only electrical stunning method were compared with the effects of headtoback electrical stunning method. A total of 90 kivircik breed lambs were randomly allocated immediately prior to slaughter to one of three stunning treatments ...
Büyükünal S.K., Nazli B.
doaj   +1 more source

Relevant Indicators of Consciousness After Head-Only Electrical Stunning in Rabbits, Stunning Efficiency, and Risk Factors in Commercial Conditions. [PDF]

open access: yesAnimals (Basel)
This study evaluates the inter-observer repeatability of valid and feasible animal-based indicators (ABIs) for assessing the state of consciousness in rabbits subjected to head-only electrical stunning (HOES).
Contreras-Jodar A   +4 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Is humane slaughtering of rainbow trout achieved in conventional production chains in Germany? Results of a pilot field and laboratory study

open access: yesBMC Veterinary Research, 2020
Background Rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss, is an important fish in European freshwater aquaculture. This industry sector is dominated by small family-owned enterprises located in rural areas.
Verena Jung-Schroers   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Mechanical, Electrical and Anesthetic Stunning Methods for Livestock [PDF]

open access: yes, 1980
A good stunning method must render an animal unable to experience pain and sensation prior to hoisting and slaughter. The three basic types of stunning methods which are classified as being humane (i.e., pain less) in the United States, Europe and other ...
Grandin, Temple
core   +5 more sources

Head-to-Cloaca Electrical Stunning of Broilers

open access: yesPoultry Science, 2008
This study was performed to identify the electrical current and exposure duration that would instantaneously render broiler chickens unconscious at slaughter when using a head-to-cloaca water bath stunner. The water in which the head was immersed was one electrode, and a steel-coned or cutaneous U-shaped electrode penetrating the cloaca was the other ...
Lambooij, E.   +3 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Optimization of stunning electrical parameters to improve animal welfare in a poultry slaughterhouse

open access: yesItalian Journal of Food Safety, 2015
Animal killing for food production and the related operations are events that may induce pain, stress, fear and other forms of suffering to the animals. To face this problem and guarantee the animal welfare, the EU has adopted the Regulation (EC) N. 1099/
Mariagrazia Girasole   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

The effects of stunning methods on product qualities in force-fed ducks and geese. 1. Carcass downgrading and meat quality

open access: yesAnimal, 2010
This study investigated the effects of various stunning methods on the quality of carcass and meat in ducks and geese force-fed for the production of French ‘foie gras’.
X. Fernandez   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Factors of importance for successful electrical stunning of pigs

open access: yes, 2013
There are regulations in European Union, as well as in our country, which require that animals during slaughter must be unconscious, must not feel a pain and in this state must remain until complete loss of brain function due to exsanguination ...
Karabasil, Neđeljko   +6 more
core   +4 more sources

Recording sensory activity before and after electrical stunning.

open access: yes, 2022
Responses of the leg nerve of C. pagurus preparation to three forms of stimulation of the dactylopodite (A-C) as indicated. Top panels, leg R2 autotomised from intact animal before stunning; lower panels, leg L2 amputated from same animal after ...
John Thompson (228745)   +2 more
core   +1 more source

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