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Time to Loss of Consciousness and Its Relation to Behavior in Slaughter Pigs during Stunning with 80 or 95% Carbon Dioxide

Exposure to CO(2) at high concentration is a much debated stunning method in pigs. Pigs respond aversively to high concentrations of CO(2), and there is uncertainty about what behaviors occur before and after loss of consciousness. The aim was to assess timing of unconsciousness in pigs during expos...

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Autores principales: Verhoeven, Merel, Gerritzen, Marien, Velarde, Antonio, Hellebrekers, Ludo, Kemp, Bas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4871862/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27243026
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2016.00038