Method for testing whether an animal for slaughter is properly stunned

• Main Authors: PIER, HOLGER, WEIDE, HARALD, HAUGWITZ, DIETER, DITTMANN, CHRISTIAN, SCHMIDT, FRANK
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 18.05.2016
• Subjects: BUTCHERING; HUMAN NECESSITIES; MEAT TREATMENT; PROCESSING POULTRY OR FISH; SLAUGHTERING

The method involves stunning the animal to be slaughtered in a stunning box by penetrative stunning. The weight of the animal to be slaughtered is determined in a time-dependent manner, and an evaluation of proper stunning is carried out depending on the measured weight change. The stunning box or a...