The effects of captive bolt and electrical stunning, and restraining methods on broiler meat quality

Poultry Science

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 600-607

  Lambooij, E ^a   Pieterse, C ^a   Hillebrand, S J W ^a   Dijksterhuis, G B ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Broiler; Meat quality; Restraining; Stunning

Indexed keywords

AVES;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CHICKEN; ELECTRIC SHOCK; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOOD HANDLING; MEAT; METHODOLOGY; QUALITY CONTROL; SEIZURE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; STANDARD; TIME;

ABATTOIRS; ANIMALS; CHICKENS; ELECTROSHOCK; FEMALE; FOOD TECHNOLOGY; MEAT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; QUALITY CONTROL; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; SEIZURES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033113117     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/78.4.600     Document Type: Article

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