NR ZCAE

AU Gregory,N.G.; Wilkins,L.J.

TI Effect of cardiac arrest on susceptibility to carcass bruising in sheep

QU Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture 1984; 35: 671-676

PT journal article

AB The effect of inducing a cardiac arrest at electrical stunning on the susceptibility of the carcass to bruising was evaluated in thiopentone-anaesthetised sheep. Bruising was induced with a percussion pistol and measured in terms of meat appearance and extractable haem pigment. Cardiac arrest caused a prompt and marked reduction in susceptibility to bruising, and it is concluded that stunning techniques which cause simultaneous heart failure could help to reduce the incidence of carcass bruising. Exsanguination of sheep which had a normal cardiac rhythm prevented the induction of bruising once 50 % of the total blood loss had occurred.

SP englisch

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