Electroencephalographic responses of halothane-anaesthetised calves to slaughter by ventral-neck incision without prior stunning

New Zealand Veterinary Journal

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 77-83

  Gibson, T J ^a,b   Johnson, C B ^a   Murrell, J C ^a,c   Hulls, C M ^a,d   Mitchinson, S L ^a,a   Stafford, K J ^a,a   Johnstone, A C ^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; Electroencephalogram; Emergency slaughter; Minimal anaesthesia; Nociception; Pain; Slaughter; Ventral neck incision

Indexed keywords

HALOTHANE; INHALATION ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CATTLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NECK; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SLAUGHTERHOUSE;

ABATTOIRS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CATTLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HALOTHANE; MALE; NECK; PAIN MEASUREMENT;

EID: 67650491208     PISSN: 00480169     EISSN: 11760710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00480169.2009.36882     Document Type: Article

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