Effect of frequency of the stunning current waveform on carcase and meat quality of turkeys processed in a commercial plant in the UK

British Poultry Science

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 231-237

  Wilkins, L J ^a   Wotton, S B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BODY WEIGHT; CADAVER; COLOR; ELECTRIC SHOCK; ELECTRICITY; MEAT; METHODOLOGY; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; QUALITY CONTROL; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; STANDARD; TURKEY (BIRD); UNITED KINGDOM;

ABATTOIRS; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; COLOR; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROSHOCK; GREAT BRITAIN; HEMORRHAGE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MEAT; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; QUALITY CONTROL; TURKEYS;

EID: 0036559997     PISSN: 00071668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00071660120121445     Document Type: Article

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