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Effect of electrical stunning current on the duration of insensibility in hens

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Pages 463-465 | Received 31 Jan 1994, Published online: 08 Nov 2007
 

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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