Evaluation of slaughtering methods for turbot with respect to animal welfare and flesh quality.

Abstract: After elaborating a suitable scheme to assess consciousness/unconsciousness of turbot, the effects on fish welfare of commercial and experimental slaughtering techniques were evaluated. Strong adverse reactions and slow loss of clinical reflexes were observed when fish were slaughtered by...

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Main Authors: Martine Morzel, Delphine Sohier, Hans Van De Vis
Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 2002
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Online Access:http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.1061.8578
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