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Stunning Compliance in Halal Slaughter: A Review of Current Scientific Knowledge
Animals, 2023 Muslim scholars are not unanimous on the issue of the application of stunning in the halal slaughtering of animals. Appropriate stunning makes animals unconscious instantaneously, thus avoiding unnecessary pain and stress during the slaughtering of ...
Awis Qurni Sazili +2 more
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Journal of Experimental Medicine, 2023 Not only macrophages, but also neutrophils, are a main target of clodronate. In this issue of JEM, Culemann et al. (2023. J. Exp. Med.https://doi.org/10.1084/jem.20220525) demonstrate that anti-inflammatory effects of clodronate liposomes are driven via stunning of polymorphonuclear neutrophils and not solely through depletion of macrophages.
E. Mass
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Stunning of common carp: Results from a field and a laboratory study
BMC Veterinary Research, 2018 Background Common carp Cyprinus carpio is an important food fish in Central Europe, which in some regions is consumed as part of local tradition. The majority of carp are sold by small retailers and not processed in commercial processing plants.
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Stunning methods and slaughter of rabbits for human consumption
EFSA Journal, 2020 This opinion on the killing of rabbits for human consumption (‘slaughtering’) responds to two mandates: one from the European Parliament (EP) and the other from the European Commission.
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Responses of Pigs to Stunning with Nitrogen Filled High-Expansion Foam [PDF]
Animals, 2020 Simple Summary Stunning pigs with carbon dioxide gas is one of the most common methods for commercial slaughter. Carbon dioxide, however, has been shown to be aversive for pigs and causes a high degree of distress before they lose consciousness. Stunning
C. Lindahl +4 more
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Animals, 2015 Electrical water bath stunning is the most commonly used method for poultry stunning prior to slaughter, but has been questioned on animal welfare and product quality grounds.
Charlotte Berg, Mohan Raj
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Hypothermic stunning of green sea turtles in a western Gulf of Mexico foraging habitat. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2017 Texas waters provide one of the most important developmental and foraging habitats for juvenile green turtles (Chelonia mydas) in the western Gulf of Mexico, but hypothermic stunning is a significant threat and was the largest cause of green turtle ...
Donna J Shaver +7 more
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Assessment of the effectiveness of head only and back-of-the-head electrical stunning of chickens [PDF]
British Poultry Science, 2016 The study assesses the effectiveness of reversible head-only and back-of-the-head electrical stunning of chickens using 130–950 mA per bird at 50 Hz AC. Three trials were conducted to compare both stunning systems: (a) behavioural assessment of return of
T. Gibson, A. Taylor, N. G. Gregory
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Welfare of horses at slaughter [PDF]
EFSA JournalThe objective of this Scientific Opinion is to assess the hazards and welfare consequences associated with the slaughter of horses for human consumption.
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Humane stunning or stun/killing in the slaughter of wild-caught finfish: The scientific evidence base [PDF]
Animal WelfareAn estimated 0.9 to 2.5 trillion individual wild finfish, destined for human or animal consumption, are captured globally each year by commercial fisheries.
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