Factors affecting the effectiveness of head-only electrical stunning in sheep

Veterinary Record

Volumn 147, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 40-43

  Velarde, A ^a   Ruiz De La Torre, J L ^b   Stub, C ^b   Diestre, A ^a   Manteca, X ^b  

^a IRTA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEAD; SHEEP; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; WOOL;

ABATTOIRS; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEAD; SHEEP; SKIN TEMPERATURE; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; WOOL;

EID: 0034622145     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.147.2.40     Document Type: Article

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