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Muscle spasms during pre-slaughter CO2-anaesthesia in pigs

Forslid, Anders LU orcid (1992) In Fleischwirtschaft 72(2). p.167-168
Abstract
Six exposures to 95 % CO2 for one minute were made in four pigs. Following onset of CO2-inhalation muscle jerks were observed after a latency of about 15 s. At this time the EEG showed a slow wave pattern typical of general anaesthesia. The short latency muscle jerks were by all probability no emotional stress reactions, but instead the motoric manifestation of a release phenomenon. Therefore, it is concluded that the occurrence of muscle jerks does not invalidate the ethics of preslaughter CO2-anaesthesia in swine.
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Anesthesia, Carbon Dioxide, Electroencephalogram, slaughter, Pigs
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  author       = {{Forslid, Anders}},
  keywords     = {{Anesthesia; Carbon Dioxide; Electroencephalogram; slaughter; Pigs}},
  language     = {{ger}},
  number       = {{2}},
  pages        = {{167--168}},
  series       = {{Fleischwirtschaft}},
  title        = {{Muscle spasms during pre-slaughter CO2-anaesthesia in pigs}},
  volume       = {{72}},
  year         = {{1992}},
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