Effect of electrical stunning at slaughter on the quality of farmed turbot (Psetta maxima)

Aquaculture Research

Volumn 39, Issue 16, 2008, Pages 1731-1738

  Knowles, Toby G ^a   Brown, Steve N ^a   Warriss, Paul D ^a   Lines, Jeff ^b   Tinarwo, Ambrose ^a   Sendon, Marta ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Silsoe Livestock Systems Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^c Isidro de la Cal   (Spain)

Author keywords

Electrical stunning; Humane slaughter; Quality; Turbot

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIALIZATION; FLATFISH FISHERY; FOOD QUALITY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS;

SCOPHTHALMIDAE; SCOPHTHALMUS MAXIMUS;

EID: 56849099429     PISSN: 1355557X     EISSN: 13652109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2109.2008.02049.x     Document Type: Article

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