The occurrence of reflexes and reactions in cattle following stunning with a captive bolt at the slaughterhouse

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/asj.13373" target="_blank" >https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/asj.13373</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/asj.13373" target="_blank" >10.1111/asj.13373</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

The occurrence of reflexes and reactions in cattle following stunning with a captive bolt at the slaughterhouse

Original language description

The difference in the frequency of the occurrence of reflexes/reactions in 355 cows (average weight 505.5 +/- 7.9 kg) and 262 bulls (average weight 735.6 +/- 8.4 kg) following stunning with a Matador SS 3,000 B trigger-activated captive bolt gun (Termet) was determined. The stun shot more than 2 cm from the ideal position was found in 79.6% of animals. Vocalization, corneal reflex, rhythmic breathing, blinking, eyeball rotation and the absence of tongue protrusion occurred more frequently in bulls (p &lt;.05). Spontaneous limb movements and nystagmus occurred more frequently in cows (p &lt;.05). No difference between bulls and cows was determined in the occurrence of a response to painful stimuli or attempts to regain normal posture. No dependency was determined between the frequency of the occurrence of a reflex/ reaction and the distance of the stun shot from the ideal point on the skull for any of the monitored signs. This study shows that the occurrence of reflexes/reactions following the stunning of cattle with a captive bolt is not only dependent on the position of the shot if placed within a 9 cm radius from the ideal point on the cattle skull.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

40101 - Agriculture

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2020

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Animal Science Journal

ISSN

1344-3941

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

91

Issue of the periodical within the volume

1

Country of publishing house

US - UNITED STATES

Number of pages

9

Pages from-to

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UT code for WoS article

000587715600013

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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