Minimum duration of effective head-only electrical stunning of fallow deer (Dama dama) and time to loss of consciousness following a throat-cut

C.J. Cook Meat Industry Research Institute of New Zealand (Inc.), P.O. Box 617, Hamilton, New Zealand

K.V. Gilbert Meat Industry Research Institute of New Zealand (Inc.), P.O. Box 617, Hamilton, New Zealand

C.E. Devine Meat Industry Research Institute of New Zealand (Inc.), P.O. Box 617, Hamilton, New Zealand

J.M. Dean Meat Industry Research Institute of New Zealand (Inc.), P.O. Box 617, Hamilton, New Zealand

B. Hogg

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Recent workCitation(1) Citation(2) has demonstrated the success of headonly electrical stunning in both red (Cervus eluphus) and fallow (Dama dama) deer. This work has been extended to investigate the export market and welfare requirements of the minimum duration needed for successful stun and the time to loss of consciousness following a throat-cut (severance of both carotid arteries and jugular veins) alone in fallow deer.

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