The effects of pulse width of a direct current used in water bath stunning and of slaughter methods on spontaneous electroencephalograms in broilers

Animal Welfare

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 25-30

  Raj, A B M ^a   O'Callaghan, M ^a   Hughes, S I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Chicken; EEG; Electrical stunning; Pulse width; Slaughter

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; BATH; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIRECT CURRENT; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; INCIDENCE; NECK; NONHUMAN; POULTRY; PULSED ELECTRIC FIELD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 32344440523     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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