Raj A B
Division of Food Animal Science, School of Veterinary Science, University of Bristol, Langford.
Res Vet Sci. 1994 May;56(3):325-31. doi: 10.1016/0034-5288(94)90149-x.
This study was carried out under commercial conditions to investigate the feasibility of killing turkeys while they were still in their transport containers, with a mixture of gases, and to compare the effects of this method and electrical stunning on the prevalence of carcase down-grading conditions and haemorrhages in the breast muscles. The results showed that turkeys could be readily killed while still in their transport containers by using either anoxia induced with 90 per cent argon in air or hypercapnic anoxia induced with a mixture of 30 per cent carbon dioxide and 60 per cent argon in air, and that the prevalence of carcase-downgrading conditions and haemorrhages in the breast muscles was lower after killing the turkey with the gases.
本研究在商业条件下进行，旨在调查在火鸡仍处于运输容器时使用混合气体将其宰杀的可行性，并比较这种方法与电击晕对胴体降级情况及胸肌出血发生率的影响。结果表明，通过使用空气中90%氩气诱导的缺氧或空气中30%二氧化碳与60%氩气的混合物诱导的高碳酸血症性缺氧，火鸡在仍处于运输容器时即可轻松被宰杀，并且用气体宰杀火鸡后，胴体降级情况及胸肌出血的发生率较低。
