Effect of different slaughtering methods on death time of Daglic breed lambs

Abstract

In this study, 80 Daglic race, male 8-month-old sheep were used as material. The sheep were seperated in 4 groups. The sheep in the group 1 were slaugthered in horizantal position and non - stunned. The sheep in group 2 were slaughtered in vertical position and non-stunned. The head-only stunning procedure was applied to the third group and the sheep were stunned in horizantal position. Group 4 sheep were slaughtered in vertical position after the head-only stunning procedure was applied. According to the obtained results, bleeding time, total blood amount, live weight ,and percent of total blood parameters were significantly different among the groups. It is important to apply stunning applications for the welfare of the slaughtering farm animals. Also, the quality of meat and its products is directly related with the bleeding time and total amount of bleeding parameters.

Keywords

• lamb Daglic breed
• slaughtering methods