Electrical stunning and exsanguination decrease the extracellular volume in the broiler brain as studied with brain impedance recordings

Poultry Science

Volumn 79, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1062-1066

  Savenije, B ^a   Lambooij, E ^a   Pieterse, C ^a   Korf, J ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Brain impedance recordings; Electrical stunning; Exsanguination; Extracellular volume; Unconsciousness

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CHICKEN; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FOOD HANDLING; HISTOLOGY; IMPEDANCE; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

ABATTOIRS; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CHICKENS; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FOOD TECHNOLOGY; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

EID: 0034218783     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/79.7.1062     Document Type: Article

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