Decapitation and brining: Experimental tests show that after these commercial methods for slaughtering eel Anguilla anguilla (L.), death is not instantaneous

Aquaculture Research

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 361-366

  Verheijen, F J ^a   Flight, W F G ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGUILLA ANGUILLA; ANGUILLIFORMES; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0030908141     PISSN: 1355557X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2109.1997.tb01053.x     Document Type: Article

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