Mechanical, electrical or gas stunning; slaughter methods and monitoring signs of unconsciousness or consciousness

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• Introduction: pre-slaughter stunning
• Definitions
• Mechanical stunning of food animals
  • Captive bolt stunning
  • Firearm stunning
  • Captive bolt stunning of poultry or rabbits
• Electrical stunning
  • Electrical stunning methods for mammalian food animals
  • Electrical stunning systems for poultry
• Controlled atmospheric stunning (CAS)
  • Design of facilities for CAS of pigs
  • Animal welfare PCP for gas stunning for pigs
  • CAS of poultry
  • Low atmospheric pressure stunning (LAPS)
  • Decapitation of poultry as a deviation procedure for missed stuns in poultry
• Monitoring for signs of consciousness (sensibility) and unconsciousness (insensibility) in food animals after stunning
• Cutting and bleeding methods for conventional slaughter
  • Cutting/bleeding of red meat species including ratites
  • Cutting/bleeding of rabbits
  • Cutting/bleeding of poultry
• References