Nociceptors in the legs of poultry: Implications for potential pain in pre-slaughter shackling

Animal Welfare

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 227-236

  Gentle, M J ^a   Tilston, V L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Nociception; Pain; Poultry; Shackling; Skin nociceptors

Indexed keywords

EID: 0013282518     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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