THE EFFECTIVENESS OF HIGH-FREQUENCY ELECTRICAL STUNNING IN PIGS

被引：22

作者：

ANIL, MH

MCKINSTRY, JL

机构：

[1] University of Bristol, Department of Meat Animal Science, Langford, Bristol

来源：

MEAT SCIENCE | 1992年 / 31卷 / 04期

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D O I：

10.1016/0309-1740(92)90030-8

中图分类号：

TS2 [食品工业];

学科分类号：

0832 ;

摘要：

Two commercially-available high frequency electrical stunners producing either AC sinewaves (146 V; 1592 Hz) or DC squarewaves (162 V; 1642 Hz) having different waveforms were tested for their effectiveness in stunning pigs and compared with conventional 50 Hz sinusoidal waveforms. Seventy-nine pigs were stunned using the highest voltage settings, allowed to recover, and the duration of insensibility was assessed from behavioural signs. It was found that the pigs were adequately stunned by this method even though some physical responses differed from 50 Hz stunning. An additional experiment was conducted on three pigs to examine whether the epileptic brain activity (indicative of unconsciousness) occurred following high frequency stunning and to assess the effects on visually evoked responses. It was confirmed that high frequency stunning produced epilepsy and unconsciousness and appeared therefore to be acceptable from an animal welfare standpoint. However, the average stunning to sticking intervals were shorter with high frequency stunning compared with 50 Hz stunning.

引用

页码：481 / 491

页数：11

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