Electrical stunning of pigs: The effect of applied voltage on impedance to current flow and the operation of a fail-safe device

Meat Science

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 203-208

  Wotton, S B ^a   O'Callaghan, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Current; Electrical stunning; Fail safe; Impedance; Phase angle; Voltage

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICAL STUNNING; FAIL-SAFE; PHASE-ANGLE;

ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRODES; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; PRESSURE TRANSDUCERS; TISSUE; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

MEATS;

SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0036133605     PISSN: 03091740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0309-1740(01)00122-X     Document Type: Article

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