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Blackmore DK, Bowling MC, Madié P, et al. The use of a shotgun for the emergency slaughter or euthanasia of large mature pigs. N Z Vet J. 1995;43(4):134-7doi: 10.1080/00480169.1995.35872.
Blackmore, D. K., Bowling, M. C., Madié, P., Nutman, A., Barnes, G. R., Davies, A. S., Donoghue, M., & Kirk, E. J. (1995). The use of a shotgun for the emergency slaughter or euthanasia of large mature pigs. New Zealand veterinary journal, 43(4), 134-7. https://doi.org/10.1080/00480169.1995.35872
Blackmore, D K, et al. "The use of a shotgun for the emergency slaughter or euthanasia of large mature pigs." New Zealand veterinary journal vol. 43,4 (1995): 134-7. doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/00480169.1995.35872
Blackmore DK, Bowling MC, Madié P, Nutman A, Barnes GR, Davies AS, Donoghue M, Kirk EJ. The use of a shotgun for the emergency slaughter or euthanasia of large mature pigs. N Z Vet J. 1995 Aug;43(4):134-7. doi: 10.1080/00480169.1995.35872. PMID: 16031832.
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N Z Vet J. 1995 Aug;43(4):134-7. doi: 10.1080/00480169.1995.35872.

The use of a shotgun for the emergency slaughter or euthanasia of large mature pigs.

New Zealand veterinary journal

D K Blackmore, M C Bowling, P Madié, A Nutman, G R Barnes, A S Davies, M Donoghue, E J Kirk

Affiliations

  1. Department of Physics and Biophysics, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand.

PMID: 16031832 DOI: 10.1080/00480169.1995.35872

Abstract

The isolated heads of a Friesian bull and three large, Large White pigs were shot from various aspects with a 12-gauge shotgun using both a single 28 g solid lead projectile and buckshot, the latter consisting of nine individual lead pellets with a combined mass of 28 g. The sites of impact to the skull included the conventional frontal region, an occipital site and immediately behind the ear. A live mature Large White sow was shot with buckshot in the depression just caudal to the right ear, resulting in immediate insensibility and death. The damage caused to the isolated heads indicated that similar effects could be expected if the heads had been part of intact living animals. It is suggested that buckshot (nine lead pellets with a combined mass of 28 g) fired from a 12-gauge shotgun may be suitable for the emergency slaughter or euthanasia of a wide variety of domestic livestock and other species of animal.

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