Raj M
Division of Food Animal Science, University of Bristol, Langford, United Kingdom.
Poult Sci. 1998 Dec;77(12):1815-9. doi: 10.1093/ps/77.12.1815.
This paper describes research on the electrical stunning of poultry and the problems of achieving an effective humane stun with water bath stunners. The welfare and meat quality advantages of using gas mixtures to stun and kill birds are then described. The evidence strongly suggests that chickens and turkeys can be killed very humanely using either 90% argon in air or a mixture of 30% carbon dioxide and 60% argon in air.
本文描述了关于家禽电击致昏的研究以及使用水浴致昏器实现有效人道致昏的问题。接着阐述了使用气体混合物致昏和宰杀禽类在家禽福利和肉质方面的优势。有力证据表明，使用空气中90%的氩气或空气中30%二氧化碳与60%氩气的混合物能够非常人道地宰杀鸡和火鸡。
