Behaviour of pigs exposed to mixtures of gases and the time required to stun and kill them: Welfare implications

Veterinary Record

Volumn 144, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 165-168

  Raj, A B M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGON; CARBON DIOXIDE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANOXIA; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONVULSION; DEATH; EXPOSURE; GAS MIXING; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HYPERCAPNIA; NONHUMAN; RESPIRATORY ARREST; SWINE; TIME; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

ANIMALIA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0033550768     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.144.7.165     Document Type: Article

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