Low atmospheric pressure stunning as a new method for stunning broilers in Germany under ethological aspects.

ABSTRACT: According to Council Regulation (EC) No 1099/2009, poultry must be stunned before slaughter or killing by using an electrical water bath or controlled atmosphere stunning. Low atmospheric pressure stunning (LAPS) is a novel approach to stunning poultry without process gases. The animals are placed into a sealed chamber, and the air pressure is reduced by a specific 2-phased pump curve to reach a target level of decompression. During a LAPS cycle, air oxygen decreases to under 5 % of the initial oxygen concentration and leads to unconsciousness of the animals by hypoxia. In 2018, LAPS was approved as a stunning method in the European Union (Commission Implementing Regulation [EU] 2018/723). The aim of this study was to evaluate LAPS in Germany under animal welfare aspects. On 9 trial days,

SUBMITTER: Kuck F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12800502 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature