Objective The objectives of this project are: - to develop alternatives to low frequency electrical stunning which are humane; - to improve bird welfare during holding, live bird handling, stunning and bleeding; - to improve product quality and reduce losses due to haemorrhages in meat and broken bones in the carcasses; - to develop technologies and basic design parameters for new stunning and processing equipment. Specific objectives are: - to develop and evaluate standard methods for measuring welfare, quality, processing and design parameters; - to study the effect of stunning poultry with various electric current waveforms and frequencies, mechanical methods and gas mixtures on bird welfare; - to study the effects of new stunning methods on live bird handling and processing operations of carcasses with respect to product quality, operators safety and costs; - to develop appropriate modifications to bird handling which are humane and will have favourable effect on product quality; - to develop alternative processing methods; - to introduce new stunning methods and processing technologies which are humane and economically feasible, and which also reduce loss, improve quality, consumer acceptability and labour conditions. Programme(s) FP3-AIR - Specific research and technological development and demonstration programme (EEC) in the field of agriculture and agro-industry, including fisheries, 1990-1994 Topic(s) 232 - Animal health and well being Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinator DLO SPELDERHOLT CENTRE FOR POULTRY RESEARCH AND INFORMATION SERVICES Address Postbus 15 7360 AA Beekbergen Netherlands See on map EU contribution € 0,00 Participants (3) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all DLO Netherlands EU contribution € 0,00 Address Postbus 501 3700 AM Zeist See on map STORK PMT B.V. Netherlands EU contribution € 0,00 Address Postbus 118 5830 AC Boxmeer See on map University of Bristol United Kingdom EU contribution € 0,00 Address Langford house langford BS18 7DY Bristol See on map
