The use of a shotgun for the emergency slaughter or euthanasia of large mature pigs

D.K. Blackmore 371 Albert Street, Palmerston North, New Zealand

M.C. Bowling Department of Physics and Biophysics, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand

P. Madié Department of Veterinary Pathology and Public Health, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand

A. Nutman Department of Physiology and Anatomy, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand

G.R.G. Barnes Department of Physics and Biophysics, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand

A.S. Davies Department of Physiology and Anatomy, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand

M. Donoghue Department of Conservation, Auckland, New Zealand

E.J. Kirk Department of Physiology and Anatomy, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand

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