Observations on the electric lance and the welfare of whales: A critical appraisal

Animal Welfare

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 43-51

  Blackmore, D K ^a   Madie, P ^b   Barnes, G R G ^b  

^a New Zealand Found Stud Welf W   (New Zealand)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Behaviour; Brain; Conductivity; Current density; Electric lance; Heart; Insensibility; Pain; Ventricular fibrillation; Whales

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041375724     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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