Table 4.
Stunning/killing methods and indicators of consciousness used for the minor slaughtered fish species in the surveyed fish-slaughter facilities.
| Stunning/killing methods | Indicators of unconsciousness | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thermal shock | Electric water bath | Percussion | Asphyxia in air | Electric dry system | Breathing | Eye movements | Coord. movements | Response to stimuli | Righting ability | |
| Meager (n = 4) | 3 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Trout perch (n = 3) | 3 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| Hybrid strip. Bass (n = 3) | 3 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| Royal perch (n = 2) | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Gray mullet (n = 2) | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Catfish (n = 2) | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Lavaret (n = 1) | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 |
| Danube salmon (n = 1) | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 |
| Pikeperch (n = 1) | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Tench (n = 1) | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - |
| Greater amb (n = 1) | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sargo (n = 1) | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Turbot (n = 1) | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - |