This paper reviews some of the recent developments in scientific research into preslaughter
handling, transport, stunning and slaughter. Particular emphasis has been placed on work …

This paper describes research on the electrical stunning of poultry and the problems of
achieving an effective humane stun with water bath stunners. The welfare and meat quality …

The present paper describes the main procedures used to slaughter fowl, pigs, calves and
adult cattle, sheep, and farmed fish, starting on the farm and ending with the death of the …

The aversive effects of 90 per cent argon in air, 30 per cent carbon dioxide in air or 90 per
cent carbon dioxide in air were investigated in slaughter weight pigs. Aversion was …

The severity of respiratory distress occurring prior to loss of posture during exposure to: 20,
30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80 or 90 per cent carbon dioxide in air; 2 or 5 per cent residual oxygen in …

The aim of the study was to evaluate the effect of two stressful stimuli, long transportation
and 80% CO2 stunning on metabolic–physiological variables, hemodynamic and gas …

Despite euthanasia being the most common of all procedures carried out on laboratory
animals, the potential distress associated with gaseous agents has received little interest …

The purpose of this study was to investigate the suitability of gas mixtures for euthanasia of
groups of broilers in their housing by increasing the percentage of CO 2. The suitability was …

An alternative stunning system to the generally applied electrical water bath stunner for
broiler chickens is gas stunning. This method of stunning can eliminate the stress associated …

The effects of two different stunning methods on critical blood values in fattening pigs at a
federal inspection slaughtering plant were monitored. A total of 658 pigs from the same …