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Electrical Stunning of Broilers - Basic Concepts and Carcass Quality Implications: A Review

Department of Poultry Science and Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, Auburn University, AL 36849-5416; Phone: (205) 844-2612; FAX: (205) 844-2641

Correspondence: S. F. Bilgili

Electrical stunning continues to be the method of choice for immobilizing broilers prior to slaughter. Recent research as well as personal observations in commercial broiler processing plants indicate a rather broad spectrum of ideas, concepts and approaches to stunning broilers with electrical currents.

Basic concepts of electricity, electrical circuits and the physiology of electrical stunning are reviewed in parallel with current research data. Maintenance of humane slaughter conditions and carcass quality attributes of broilers require integration and application of this knowledge in modern-day processing plants.

Key Words: Electrical stunning • broilers • carcass quality