Amelioration of electroencephalographic responses to slaughter by non-penetrative captive-bolt stunning after ventral-neck incision in halothane-anaesthetised calves

New Zealand Veterinary Journal

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 96-101

  Gibson, T J ^a,b   Johnson, C B ^a   Murrell, J C ^a,c   Mitchinson, S L ^a   Stafford, K J ^a   Mellor, D J ^a,d  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Calves; Compressed spectral array; Concussive stunning; Electroencephalogram; Minimal anaesthesia; Non penetrative stunning; Slaughter

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

HALOTHANE; INHALATION ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN; CATTLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; MALE; NECK; NEW ZEALAND; PHYSIOLOGY; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; STANDARD;

ABATTOIRS; ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN; CATTLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HALOTHANE; HEART RATE; MALE; NECK; NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 67650468662     PISSN: 00480169     EISSN: 11760710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00480169.2009.36885     Document Type: Article

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