The electroencephalogram of broilers before and after DC and AC electrical stunning

Archiv fur Geflugelkunde

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 67-70

  Prinz, Simone ^a,c   Van Oijen, G ^b   Bessei, W ^a   Ehinger, F ^c   Coenen, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c Esca Food Solutions   (Germany)

Author keywords

Broiler; DC and AC electrical setups; EEG; Electrical stunning; Unconsciousness

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 59349099123     PISSN: 00039098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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