TABLE A.2 List of identified hazards in chickens for each respective killing method.
| Hazards | NEFS in containers | Whole house gassing with CO2 | CO2 in two phases in containers | CO2 + inert gases in containers | Inert gases in contain‐ners | LAPS | Electrical waterbath | Head‐only electri‐cal stunning | Captive bolt | Percussive blow to the head | Cervical dislocation | Lethal injection |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Handling | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | |
| Manual restraint | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | |||||
| Inversion | x | x | x | x | x | |||||||
| Shackling | x | |||||||||||
| Pre‐stun shocks | x | |||||||||||
| Loud noise | x | x | x | x | x | x | ||||||
| Substance irritating the mucosa | x | x | x | x | x | |||||||
| Surrounded by foam | x | |||||||||||
| Jet stream of gas at bird level | x | x | x | x | x | |||||||
| Hurting | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| Expansion of gases in the body cavity | x | x | ||||||||||
| Inhalation of the foam | x | x | ||||||||||
| Too short exposure time | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | ||||
| Too small bubble size | x | |||||||||||
| Low foam production rate | x | |||||||||||
| Too low gas concentration | x | x | x | |||||||||
| Too low temperature | x | x | x | x | x | x | ||||||
| Inhalation of high CO 2 concentra‐tion | x | x | x | |||||||||
| Overloading | x | x | x | x | x | x | ||||||
| Too fast decompres‐sion | x | x | ||||||||||
| Poor electrical contact | x | x | ||||||||||
| Inappropriate electrical parameters | x | x | ||||||||||
| Incorrect shooting position | x | |||||||||||
| Incorrect captive bolt parameters | x | |||||||||||
| Incorrect application of the manual method | x | x | ||||||||||
| Inappropriate route of administration | x | |||||||||||
| Sublethal dose | x |