Evaluation of a pneumatically operated captive bolt for stunning/killing broiler chickens

British Poultry Science

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 295-299

  Raj, A B M ^a   O'Callaghan, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CHICKEN; DEATH; ELECTRIC SHOCK; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; EXERCISE; INJURY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE; REFLEX; SKULL; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CHICKENS; DEATH; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROSHOCK; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; PRESSURE; REFLEX; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; SKULL; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

EID: 0035403104     PISSN: 00071668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00071660120055232     Document Type: Review

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