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Improving welfare in poultry slaughterPoultry production involves the killing of very large numbers of birds so there is a compelling need to protect welfare at slaughter. In most countries, slaughter must be preceded by stunning to induce unconsciousness. The major stunning approaches used in chicken slaughter are electrical stunning and methods that modify the atmosphere (via introduction of gas or reduction in air pressure). Electrical stunning can be humane but in practical use it is

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with an emphasis on seventeenth-century prose from The Netherlands

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