Effect of amount and frequency of head-only stunning currents on the electroencephalogram and somatosensory evoked potentials in broilers

Animal Welfare

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 159-170

  Raj, A B M ^a   O'Callaghan, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Chicken; Current; Frequency; Slaughter; Stunning

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CAROTID ARTERY; CHICKEN; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; HEAD; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NONHUMAN; PAIN; SENSIBILITY; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TIME; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

ANIMALIA; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 2342561836     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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