LPT 312: Abattoir Practices and Animal Products Technology (1+1)

ELECTRICAL STUNNING

• Electrical stunning is most widely used for pig, but is also satisfactory for sheep and calves.
• This method consists in passing an alternating current through the brain or heart of the animal.
• The electrical method of stunning may be regarded as efficacious and humane
• It causes in coordination of the central nervous system and makes the animal unconscious.