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Euthanasia: Manual versus Mechanical Cervical Dislocation for Broilers

SIMPLE SUMMARY: Poultry are euthanized for several reasons, most commonly because a bird is sick or injured and unable to eat or drink. Euthanasia can be a challenge to perform, especially when birds are heavy, like broiler chickens (produced for meat). Manual cervical dislocation (CD), or “breaking...

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Autores principales: Jacobs, Leonie, Bourassa, Dianna V., Harris, Caitlin E., Buhr, R. Jeff
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6406331/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30717297
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani9020047