Assessing the effect of water deprivation on the efficacy of on-farm euthanasia methods for broiler chickens

British Poultry Science
B I Baker-CookK Schwean-Lardner

Abstract

1. Moribund or diseased poultry requiring euthanasia are often dehydrated. To understand how dehydration influences the efficacy of various killing methods, this experiment investigated the effect of water deprivation (WD) on times to unconsciousness and death. 2. Broiler chickens (n=179) were water-deprived for 0, 24, 48 or 72 hours to mimic dehydration, then killed via manual cervical dislocation, mechanical cervical dislocation (Koechner Euthanizing Device (KED)), or non-penetrating captive bolt (Zephyr-EXL), at 8, 22, 36 or 50 d of age. Degree of WD was confirmed by skin turgor, packed cell volume and body weight loss. Method efficacy was evaluated by the time to unconsciousness and death using pupillary light (PUP), palpebral blink (PAL) and nictitating membrane (NIC) reflexes, feather erection (FE), cloacal winking (CW) and convulsions (CN). The extent of damage caused by each method was examined via radiography, gross pathology and histopathology. The main effects of WD time and euthanasia method were analysed by two-way analyses of variance (CRD, PROC MIXED, SAS 9.4) with a-priori contrasts to compare water-deprived versus non-water-deprived (NON) birds. 3. Skin turgor, packed cell volume and body weight loss had a quad...Continue Reading

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