Comparison of carcass and meat quality in goats subjected to pre-slaughter head-only electrical stunning or slaughtered without stunning

• Main Authors: Lokman, Nur Sakinah, Sabow, Azad Behnan, Abubakar, Ahmed Abubakar, Adeyemi, Kazeem Dauda, Sazili, Awis Qurni
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Taylor & Francis 2017
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/61178/1/Comparison%20of%20carcass%20and%20meat%20quality%20in%20goats%20subjected%20to%20pre-slaughter%20head-only%20electrical%20stunning%20or%20slaughtered%20without%20stunning.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/61178/; https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/19476337.2016.1217049?needAccess=true

The effects of slaughter without stunning in comparison with head-only electrical stunning (HOES) on carcass hemorrhages and meat quality in goats were evaluated. Sixteen Boer crossbred bucks were subjected to either non-stun (NS) or HOES (1 A, for 3 s at 50 Hz). Meat quality traits such as pH, wate...