Guidelines for humane handling, transport and slaughter of
Guidelines for humane handling, transport and slaughter of
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<strong>Guidelines</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>humane</strong> <strong>h<strong>and</strong>ling</strong>, <strong>transport</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>slaughter</strong> <strong>of</strong> livestock<br />
a. Captive bolt stunning - correct shooting<br />
b. Electric tongs stunning – correct placement<br />
2. Bleed rail insensibility – the percentage <strong>of</strong> animals<br />
that remain insensible be<strong>for</strong>e <strong>and</strong> after bleeding (using the<br />
same criteria as in 1).<br />
3. Vocalisation – the percentage <strong>of</strong> cattle or pigs that<br />
vocalise (bellow, moo or squeal) during adverse events<br />
such as missed stuns, excessive electric prod use,<br />
excessive pressure from restraint device slipping or<br />
falling etc. Each animal is scored as a vocalizer or nonvocalizer<br />
during <strong>h<strong>and</strong>ling</strong> <strong>and</strong> stunning, not in the holding<br />
pens. Vocalising scoring is not used on sheep as they<br />
<strong>of</strong>ten do this anyway.<br />
4. Slipping <strong>and</strong> falling--the percentage <strong>of</strong> animals that<br />
slip or fall during <strong>h<strong>and</strong>ling</strong> or stunning. Selected stations<br />
should be chosen <strong>for</strong> monitoring.<br />
5. Electric prods – percentage <strong>of</strong> animals requiring<br />
prodding with an electric goad.<br />
Monitoring <strong>and</strong> audit <strong>of</strong> these CCPs must be done on a<br />
regular basis.<br />
Objective scoring <strong>of</strong> efficacy st<strong>and</strong>ards<br />
at critical control points<br />
1.a. Captive bolt - Stunning efficacy<br />
(Score, per day, a minimum <strong>of</strong> 20 animals or 20% in<br />
large plants)
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