Hot-water spraying is a sensitive test for signs of life before dressing and scalding in pig abattoirs with carbon dioxide (CO2) stunning

Hot-water spraying is a sensitive test for signs of life before dressing and scalding in pig abattoirs with carbon dioxide (CO2) stunning

This study investigated the benefits of hot-water spraying (HWS) as a diagnostic test to verify the absence of signs of life (SOL) before scalding in pigs slaughtered with carbon dioxide (CO2) stunning. A total of 37 108 finishing pigs from five German abattoirs (A to E) operating at 55 to 571 pigs...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	S. Parotat, K. von Holleben, S. Arnold, K. Troeger, E. Luecker
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier 2016-01-01
Series:	Animal
Subjects:	pigs slaughter carbon dioxide hemorrhage animal welfare
Online Access:	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1751731115001573

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