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Vet Rec
August 2022
Fitzgerald Veterinary Care, 10 Bromley Road, London, SE6 2TP.
The killing of sheep and goats for human consumption (slaughtering) can take place in a slaughterhouse or on-farm. The processes of slaughtering that were assessed for welfare, from the arrival of sheep and goats until their death (including slaughtering without stunning), were grouped into three main phases: pre-stunning (including arrival, unloading from the truck, lairage, handling and moving of sheep and goats); stunning (including restraint); and bleeding. Stunning methods were grouped into two categories: mechanical and electrical.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFComparing Gas and Electrical Stunning: Effects on Meat Quality of Pigs when Pre-Stunning Physical Activity is Minimal.
Foods
February 2021
INRAE, QuaPA, F-63122 Saint-Genès-Champanelle, France.
A total of thirty pigs were experimentally slaughtered using gas (80% CO in air, 90 s; 30% CO/70% NO; 90 s) or electrical stunning (1.3 A, 10 s). Stunning may accelerate post-mortem muscle metabolism, due to psychological stress and/or muscle contractions.
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