Multistage carbon dioxide gas stunning of broilers

Poultry Science

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 41-50

  Gerritzen, M A ^a   Reimert, H G M ^a   Hindle, V A ^a   Verhoeven, M T W ^a   Veerkamp, W B ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Meyn America LLC   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Behavior; Broiler; Carbon dioxide; Gas stunning; Physiology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871522779     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: 15253171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3382/ps.2012-02551     Document Type: Article

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