(redirected from penetrating captive-bolt stunner)Also found in: Thesaurus. stun·ner (stŭn′ər) n. One that stuns, as: a. An astounding, unexpected event. b. An exceptionally good-looking person. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © ...
Similarly, corneal reflexes were sometimes present in calves stunned by a penetrating captive bolt stunner positioned in the nape of the neck. Again, the EEG indicated that the calves had not been effectively stunned. Schutt-Abraham et al stunned seven sheep with a non-penetrating captive bolt ...
The stunner used was a Jarvis USSS-1 (Jarvis Products Corp., Middletown, CT), a penetrating, pneumatic captive bolt gun. For brain damage assessment, 292 heads were randomly sampled across 3 collection periods, with an approximately equal split between Holstein and non-Holstein breeds. Each ...
Livestock stunnerSlaughterer’s gunCaptive-bolt humane killerSoot patternRust stainingIn humans, most fatalities from slaughterer's guns are suicides committed by persons familiar with stunning devices. The great majority of cases accounts for shots to the head, especially the frontal region. Only a...
With regard to successful stunning, eligibility of the stunner and restraining device are crucial as well as quality of performance. The aim of this study was, to assess the eligibility of the pneumatic captive bolt stunner "EFA VB 315" (Schmid S. Wezel GmbH, 75433 Maulbronn, Germany) under...
The Jarvis USSS-1 (Jarvis Products Corp., Middletown, CT) penetrating pneumatic captive bolt stunner was used with 3 different bolt lengths: 15.24, 16.51, and 17.78 cm, constituting control, medium, and long treatment groups, respectively. The study was an unbalanced, randomized block design, ...
A pneumatically powered penetrating captive bolt stunner was used with three different bolt lengths: CON, 15.24cm; MED, 16.51cm; and LON, 17.78cm. Hind limb kicking, forelimb activity, take away belt stops, carcass swing and number of knife sticks during exsanguination were recorded for each ...
There was a trend (P = .06) for less kicking to occur when the 16.5 cm length bolt was used in the stunner. Visual appraisal of the brains on the split heads indicated that the shortest bolt caused the least amount of brain damage. The brainstems were intact for all cattle regardless ...
3 stunning methods were tested: (i) percussion stunning with the Telford stunner, which does not penetrate the skull; (ii) captive bolt pistol and (iii) electrical stunning using a 2-prong head stunner. Carcass, head, duodenum and gall bladder were scored for blood-splash on a 5-point ...