NR ZAMC

AU Gregory,N.G.; Wotton,S.B.

TI Effect of electrical stunning on somatosensory evoked potentials in chickens

QU British Veterinary Journal 1989 Mar-Apr; 145(2): 159-64

PT journal article

AB The spontaneous EEG and somatosensory evoked potentials (SEPs) were examined in chickens before and after electrical stunning using a waterbath stunner. Fifty-four per cent of the birds became epileptic and lost their SEPs, and 17% were non-epileptic and appeared to retain their SEPs. It was concluded that there was a reasonably close association between the presence of epileptiform activity in the EEG and the absence of SEPs following electrical stunning, but that the absence of SEPs could be preferred as an indicator of an effective stun on conceptual grounds.

SP englisch

PO England

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