Assessment of unconsciousness during carbon dioxide stunning in pigs

Animal Welfare

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 341-349

  Rodriguez P ^a   Dalmau, A ^a   Ruiz de la Torre, J L ^b   Manteca, X ^b   Jensen, E W ^c   Rodriguez B ^d   Litvan, H ^e   Velarde, Antonio ^a  

^a IRTA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c Morpheus Medical   (Spain)

^d Danmeter Research Group   (Denmark)

^e HOSPITAL DE LA SANTA CREU I SANT PAU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Auditory evoke potential; Aversion; Blood gas; Carbon dioxide stunning; Pigs

Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE; CARBON DIOXIDE; OXYGEN;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AVERSIVE BEHAVIOR; BICARBONATE BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; BLOOD OXYGEN TENSION; BLOOD PH; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA REFLEX; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEAD MOVEMENT; MUSCLE EXCITATION; NONHUMAN; SNEEZING; SWINE; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE;

EID: 56249100069     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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