SLAUGHTER (LIVESTOCK)

: ''For other uses, see slaughter (disambiguation).''
'Slaughter' is the term used to describe the killing and butchering of domestic livestock.

Contents

United States

Serbia and Croatia

See also

References

External links

United States

In the United States, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) specifies the approved methods of livestock slaughter:^[1]
;Chemical (carbon dioxide): This method is approved for sheep, calves and swine. The animal is asphyxiated by the use of carbon dioxide gas.
;Mechanical (captive bolt): This method is approved for sheep, swine, goats, calves, cattle, horses, mules, and other equines. A captive bolt stunner is applied to the livestock so as to produce immediate unconsciousness in the animals before they are butchered.
;Mechanical (gunshot): This method is approved for cattle, calves, sheep, swine, goats, horses, mules, and other equines. The gun is used to render the animal immediately unconscious (and presumably dead) before butchering.
;Electrical (stunning or slaughtering with electric current): This method is approved for swine, sheep, calves, cattle, and goats. The current applied is sufficient to ensure surgical anesthesia throughout the "bleeding" of the animal.
Each of these methods is outlined in detail, and the regulations require that inspectors identify operations which cause undue "excitement and discomfort" of animals.

Serbia and Croatia

See: Slaughter of pigs in Croatia and Serbia.

See also

★ Shechita Jewish laws of slaughtering animals

★ Dhabiha Muslim laws of slaughtering animals

★ Iki jime Japanese fish slaughtering method

★ Slaughterhouse

References

1. Humane Slaughter of Livestock Regulations (National Citation: 9 C.F.R. 313.1 - 90)

External links

★ Canada Agricultural Products Act R.S., 1985, c. 20 (4th Supp.)

★ Humane Slaughter of Livestock Regulations