Sticking may be done on the floor, but most cattle are hoisted by shackling both hind legs and raising to a convenient height, or dropped on to a striking rail.
Bilateral severance of the carotid arteries and jugular veins by an incision across the throat region caudal to the larynx as in ritual slaughter.
Unilateral incision in the jugular furrow at the base of the neck, the knife being directed towards the entrance of the chest to severe the brachiocephalic trunk and anterior venacava.