EFFECT OF ELECTRICAL STUNNING CURRENT ON THE DURATION OF INSENSIBILITY IN HENS

Authors
GREGORY NG WOTTON SB
Citation
Ng. Gregory et Sb. Wotton, EFFECT OF ELECTRICAL STUNNING CURRENT ON THE DURATION OF INSENSIBILITY IN HENS, British Poultry Science, 35(3), 1994, pp. 463-465
Citations number
1
Categorie Soggetti
Agriculture Dairy & AnumalScience
Journal title
British Poultry Science → ACNP
ISSN journal
00071668
Volume
35
Issue
3
Year of publication
1994
Pages
463 - 465
Database
ISI
SICI code
0007-1668(1994)35:3<463:EOESCO>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
1. Hens were subjected to electrical stunning at 85, 105 or 125 mA per bird. The time to recovery of physical behaviour was measured in thos e birds which did not experience a cardiac arrest at stunning. 2. On a verage the duration of apparent insensibility lasted between 53 and 59 s, and at 105 mA. per bird it was as short as 22 s in the bird which showed the quickest recovery. 3. Increasing the stunning current had n o effect on the duration of insensibility.