Stunning and slaughter of ostriches

Meat Science

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 389-394

  Wotton, Steve ^a   Sparrey, Julian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b SILSOE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Current; Electrical stunning; Impedance; Ostrich; Rhythmic breathing; Voltage

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICAL STUNNING;

ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

MEATS;

STRUTHIO CAMELUS; STRUTHIONIFORMES;

EID: 0036019598     PISSN: 03091740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0309-1740(01)00149-8     Document Type: Article

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