Influence of gas stunning and halal slaughter (no stunning) on rabbits welfare indicators and meat quality
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Date
2014
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Meat science
Abstract
Animals may be at great risk of fear during the procedures that take them to new situations, such
as pre-slaughter handling, which implies an important additional stress (Duncan, 2004). It is
important to note that each animal perceives, at slaughter, several signals of danger, such as
odours, sights and sounds. In fact for these animals, vision, audition, and particularly olfaction
constitute a very rich perceptive universe which is used to regulate social and sexual behaviours
and to ensure the survival in dangerous situations (Micera, Albrizio, Surdo, Moramarco, &
Zarrilli, 2010). In order to determine the changes produced a few seconds after receiving the
stimulus, as is the case at the moment prior to slaughter, it is important to evaluate the changes
produced within the sympathetic-adrenomedullary system, with the liberation of catecholamines
to the bloodstream.
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Gas stunning, Halal slaughter, Rabbits welfare, Meat quality
Citation
Nakyinsige, K., Sazili, A.Q., Zulkifli, I., Goh, Y.M., Abu Bakar, F. & Sabow, A.B., Influence of gas stunning and halal slaughter (no stunning) on rabbits welfare indicators and meat quality, Meat Science (2014), doi: 10.1016/j.meatsci.2014.05.017