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Animal welfare assessment of on-farm euthanasia methods for individual, heavy turkeys

On-farm euthanasia of poultry, including turkeys, may not be possible for most people as birds gain weight; thus alternative mechanical methods have been developed. Our objective was to compare mechanical cervical dislocation with the Koechner Euthanizing Device (KED), captive bolt euthanasia with t...

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Autores principales: Jacobs, Leonie, Bourassa, Dianna V., Boyal, Ranjit S., Harris, Caitlin E., Bartenfeld Josselson, L. Nicole, Campbell, Andrew, Anderson, Gracie, Buhr, R. Jeff
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7936121/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33518334
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.psj.2020.11.001