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Effect of electrical stunning current on the duration of insensibility in hens |
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| Authors: | N G Gregory S B Wotton |
| Affiliation: | Division of Food Animal Science , University of Bristol, School of Veterinary Science , Langford, Bristol, BS18 7DY, England |
| Abstract: | 1. Hens were subjected to electrical stunning at 85, 105 or 125 mA per bird. The time to recovery of physical behaviour was measured in those birds which did not experience a cardiac arrest at stunning. 2. On average the duration of apparent insensibility lasted between 53 and 59 s, and at 105 mA per bird it was as short as 22 s in the bird which showed the quickest recovery. 3. Increasing the stunning current had no effect on the duration of insensibility. |
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