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Scientific Article

Use of ‘thoracic stick’ in halal slaughter of bobby calves

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Pages 124-125 | Accepted 10 Nov 1986, Published online: 22 Feb 2011
 

Abstract

Throat cutting associated with halal slaughter of bobby calves fails to sever the vertebral arteries supplying the brain. Such slaughter may be inhumane due to calves recovering from the stun before permanent insensibility, due to blood loss, occurs. Interruption of the vertebral arteries may be achieved by severance of the brachiocephalic trunk or penetration of the heart by the use of a ‘thoracic stick’, an incision with a knife through the thoracic inlet.

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