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Influence of gas stunning and halal slaughter (no stunning) on rabbits welfare indicators and meat quality

This study assessed the effect of gas stunning which has not been conducted until now in comparison with slaughter without stunning on the welfare and meat quality of rabbits. Eighty male New Zealand White rabbits were divided into two groups of 40 animals and subjected to either halal slaughter wit...

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Main Authors: Khadijah, Nakyinsige, Sazili, Awis Qurni, Idrus, Zulkifli, Goh, Yong Meng, Abu Bakar, Fatimah, Sabow, Azad Behnan
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Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2014
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/34191/1/Influence%20of%20gas%20stunning%20and%20halal%20slaughter%20%28no%20stunning%29%20on%20rabbits%20welfare%20indicators%20and%20meat%20quality.pdf
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spelling oai:psasir.upm.edu.my:34191 http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/34191/ Influence of gas stunning and halal slaughter (no stunning) on rabbits welfare indicators and meat quality Khadijah, Nakyinsige Sazili, Awis Qurni Idrus, Zulkifli Goh, Yong Meng Abu Bakar, Fatimah Sabow, Azad Behnan This study assessed the effect of gas stunning which has not been conducted until now in comparison with slaughter without stunning on the welfare and meat quality of rabbits. Eighty male New Zealand White rabbits were divided into two groups of 40 animals and subjected to either halal slaughter without stunning (HS) or gas stunning using 61.4% CO2, 20.3% oxygen and 18.3 % nitrogen (GS). Analysis of the sticking blood revealed that both slaughter procedures caused a substantial increase in the levels of catecholamines, hypercalcemia, hyperglycemia, lactic acidemia and an increase in enzyme activities. The ultimate pH of the Longissimus lumborum muscle did not differ between treatments. GS exhibited higher lightness and cooking loss, and lower glycogen and MFI than HS. This indicates that both GS and HS can be significant stressors although the amount of stress may be below the threshold to negatively affect rabbit meat quality. Elsevier 2014-12 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/34191/1/Influence%20of%20gas%20stunning%20and%20halal%20slaughter%20%28no%20stunning%29%20on%20rabbits%20welfare%20indicators%20and%20meat%20quality.pdf Khadijah, Nakyinsige and Sazili, Awis Qurni and Idrus, Zulkifli and Goh, Yong Meng and Abu Bakar, Fatimah and Sabow, Azad Behnan (2014) Influence of gas stunning and halal slaughter (no stunning) on rabbits welfare indicators and meat quality. Meat Science, 98 (4). pp. 701-708. ISSN 0309-1740; ESSN: 1873-4138 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S030917401400148X 10.1016/j.meatsci.2014.05.017
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description This study assessed the effect of gas stunning which has not been conducted until now in comparison with slaughter without stunning on the welfare and meat quality of rabbits. Eighty male New Zealand White rabbits were divided into two groups of 40 animals and subjected to either halal slaughter without stunning (HS) or gas stunning using 61.4% CO2, 20.3% oxygen and 18.3 % nitrogen (GS). Analysis of the sticking blood revealed that both slaughter procedures caused a substantial increase in the levels of catecholamines, hypercalcemia, hyperglycemia, lactic acidemia and an increase in enzyme activities. The ultimate pH of the Longissimus lumborum muscle did not differ between treatments. GS exhibited higher lightness and cooking loss, and lower glycogen and MFI than HS. This indicates that both GS and HS can be significant stressors although the amount of stress may be below the threshold to negatively affect rabbit meat quality.
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author Khadijah, Nakyinsige
Sazili, Awis Qurni
Idrus, Zulkifli
Goh, Yong Meng
Abu Bakar, Fatimah
Sabow, Azad Behnan
spellingShingle Khadijah, Nakyinsige
Sazili, Awis Qurni
Idrus, Zulkifli
Goh, Yong Meng
Abu Bakar, Fatimah
Sabow, Azad Behnan
Influence of gas stunning and halal slaughter (no stunning) on rabbits welfare indicators and meat quality
author_facet Khadijah, Nakyinsige
Sazili, Awis Qurni
Idrus, Zulkifli
Goh, Yong Meng
Abu Bakar, Fatimah
Sabow, Azad Behnan
author_sort Khadijah, Nakyinsige
title Influence of gas stunning and halal slaughter (no stunning) on rabbits welfare indicators and meat quality
title_short Influence of gas stunning and halal slaughter (no stunning) on rabbits welfare indicators and meat quality
title_full Influence of gas stunning and halal slaughter (no stunning) on rabbits welfare indicators and meat quality
title_fullStr Influence of gas stunning and halal slaughter (no stunning) on rabbits welfare indicators and meat quality
title_full_unstemmed Influence of gas stunning and halal slaughter (no stunning) on rabbits welfare indicators and meat quality
title_sort influence of gas stunning and halal slaughter (no stunning) on rabbits welfare indicators and meat quality
publisher Elsevier
publishDate 2014
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/34191/1/Influence%20of%20gas%20stunning%20and%20halal%20slaughter%20%28no%20stunning%29%20on%20rabbits%20welfare%20indicators%20and%20meat%20quality.pdf
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