Stunning methods for poultry

World's Poultry Science Journal

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 291-304

  Raj, Mohan ^a   Tserveni Gousi, Angeliki ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Methods; Poultry; Stunning

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034554425     PISSN: 00439339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/WPS20000021     Document Type: Article

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