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Electroencephalographic, physiologic and behavioural responses during cervical dislocation euthanasia in turkeys

BACKGROUND: There is a critical need to develop appropriate on-farm euthanasia methods for poultry species. Euthanasia methods should affect the brain first causing insensibility, followed by cardiorespiratory arrest. Neck or cervical dislocation methods, either manual (CD) or mechanical (MCD), are...

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Autores principales: Hernandez, Elein, James, Fiona, Torrey, Stephanie, Widowski, Tina, Schwean-Lardner, Karen, Monteith, Gabrielle, Turner, Patricia V.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6505191/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31064372
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12917-019-1885-x