A pilot study to assess whether high expansion CO2-enriched foam is acceptable for on-farm emergency killing of poultry

Animal Welfare

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 285-288

  Gerritxen, Marien A ^a   Sparrey, J ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Livetec   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Carbon dioxide; Emergency killing; Euthanasia; Foam; Poultry

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; FOAMING AGENT;

ALERTNESS; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EUTHANASIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TESTING ALTERNATIVE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVULSION; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL WELFARE; FEAR; HEART RATE; HEN; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LUNG HEMORRHAGE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PANIC; PILOT STUDY; POULTRY FARMING; REACTION TIME; TIME OF DEATH;

ANIMALIA; AVES;

EID: 49749095080     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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