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US 5,954,573 AGranted
Method for bleeding poultry
AssigneeLicno Japan Ltd.
InventorsHideki Ohgaki, Hiroyuki Maezono, Masashi Izawa
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Abstract
A method is disclosed for bleeding a live fowl upon processing the fowl after severing a carotid artery of the fowl. According to the method, electric pulses are applied across the fowl promptly after the carotid artery of the fowl is severed. Preferably, the electric pulses are applied for 3 to 10 seconds upon an elapsed time of 1 to 10 seconds after the carotid artery of the fowl is severed.
Claims14
A method for bleeding a live fowl upon processing said fowl after severing a carotid artery of said fowl, which comprises:
- applying substantially rectangular electric pulses across said fowl promptly after said carotid artery of said fowl is severed, thereby intermittently increasing a blood pressure of said fowl in response to said applied substantially rectangular electric pulses.
A method of processing a fowl, comprising:
- severing a carotid artery of said fowl;
- and
- intermittently causing a blood pressure of said fowl to suddenly increase by applying substantially rectangular pulses across said fowl.
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