Device for stunning an animal for slaughter
AssigneeStork R.M.S. B.V.
InventorSander Antonie Van Ochten
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Abstract
The invention relates to a device for stunning an animal for slaughter, for instance a pig, which device includes: transporting means for transporting an animal for slaughter through the device; at least two head electrodes for placing against the head of the animal; at least one body electrode for placing against the head of the animal; a first electrical component connected to the head electrodes for carrying through the brain of the animal a first current pulse; and second electrical component connected to the body electrode for carrying through the body of the animal a second current pulse.
Claims16
A device for stunning an animal for slaughter, which device comprises:
- transporting means for transporting the animal for slaughter through the device;
- at least two head electrodes configured to be placed against the head of the animal;
- at least one body electrode configured to be placed against the body of the animal;
- first electrical means for delivering through the brain of the animal a first current pulse with an alternating current component having a first basic frequency f.sub.1 of at least 100 Hz, said first electrical means connected to said head electrodes;
- and
- second electrical means for delivering through the body of the animal a second current pulse with a second basic frequency f.sub.2 which is lower than f.sub.1 and which begins a maximum of 8 seconds after a start of the first current pulse, said second electrical means connected to said at least one body electrode,
- wherein during contact between the electrodes and the animal for slaughter, a relative velocity between the electrodes and the animal for slaughter is substantially zero.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.