Aversion to carbon dioxide stunning in pigs: Effect of carbon dioxide concentration and halothane genotype

Animal Welfare

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 513-522

  Velarde, Antonio ^a   Cruz, J ^b   Gispert, M ^a   Carrion D ^c   Ruiz de la Torre, J L ^a   Diestre, A ^c   Manteca, X ^a  

^a IRTA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c GENUS PLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Aversion; Carbon dioxide; Halothane gene; Pigs; Stunning

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; HALOTHANE;

ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; AVERSION; BODY POSTURE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; GENOTYPE; HABITUATION; HETEROZYGOSITY; HYPERVENTILATION; NONHUMAN; NOSE INJURY; NOSE MUCOSA; PAIN; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; SWINE DISEASE; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE;

EID: 35948969440     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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