Electrical stunning of cattle

Veterinary Record

Volumn 147, Issue 24, 2000, Pages 681-684

  Wotton, S B ^a   Gregory, N G ^a   Whittington, P E ^a   Parkman, I D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HEART ARREST; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; STANDARD; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

ABATTOIRS; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; CATTLE; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRODES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HEART ARREST, INDUCED; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 0034627324     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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