Pros And Cons Of Pre-Slaughter Handling

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Pre-slaughter handling perhaps ends with stunning. Stunning makes pre-slaughtered goat or cattle unconscious and sensitivity to pain stops. Normally, stunning gun is employed in this stage. The type of stunning equipment used influences the carcass’s quality. If the stunning is not done properly, it may injure the cattle or goat and makes them painful. Thus, well trained personnel and maintained stunning equipment should be employed in preventing unnecessary stress and distress to animals which further affects the meat

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