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 |
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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 |