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Efficacy of a Novel Mechanical Cervical Dislocation Device in Comparison to Manual Cervical Dislocation in Layer Chickens

SIMPLE SUMMARY: On-farm euthanasia of diseased or injured chickens is a common task within the poultry industry. For animal welfare, the aim of any euthanasia technique is to achieve rapid loss of sensibility, for the process to cause minimal pain, and for death to follow quickly. Manual cervical di...

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Autores principales: Bandara, Rathnayaka M.A.S., Torrey, Stephanie, Turner, Patricia V., zur Linden, Alex, Bolinder, Anna, Schwean-Lardner, Karen, Widowski, Tina M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6680881/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31266199
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani9070407