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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 03, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 01, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Wilhelmus A. B. Te Dorsthorst, Lichtenvoorde, NL;
Hendrik J. Pardijs, Winterswijk, NL;
Assignee:
Stork RMS B.V., , NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A22B 3/06 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A22B 3/06 ;
Abstract
A method of stunning an animal for slaughter includes the steps of providing the animal for slaughter; conveying the animal using conveying means; while conveying, causing a first current pulse having a maximum duration of 10 seconds to flow through the head and/or neck region of the animal to stun the animal; and, while conveying, causing a second current pulse to flow through the body of the animal to cause a cardiac arrest. The first and second current pulses may be applied successively or may be overlapping or partly overlapping.