The effects of amount and frequency of alternating current used in water bath stunning and of slaughter methods on electroencephalograms in broilers

Animal Welfare

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 7-18

  Raj, A B M ^a   O'Callaghan, M ^a   Knowles, T G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Chicken; EEG; Electrical stunning; Frequency; Slaughter

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATING CURRENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; BATH; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; NECK; NONHUMAN; POULTRY; PROBABILITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 32344441001     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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