This study assessed the effect of gas stunning which has not been conducted until now in comparison with slaughter without stunning on the welfare and meat quality of rabbits. Eighty male New Zealand White rabbits were ...

Conscious animals typically experience sensory (nociception) and emotional pain, whereas unconscious animals that were minimally anesthetized would experience minimal emotional pain. To determine whether ‘silencing’ the ...

This experiment aimed to determine microbial spoilage and lipid and protein oxidation during aerobic refrigerated (4 °C) storage of rabbit meat. Forty male New Zealand white rabbits were slaughtered according to the ...