Assessment of stunning effectiveness according to the present scientific knowledge on electrical stunning of poultry in a waterbath

Archiv fur Geflugelkunde

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 193-198

  Von Wenzlawowicz, M ^a   Von Holleben, Karin ^a  

^a Train Consult Inst Careful H   (Germany)

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