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Puntilla: A traditional method where a knife is plunged into the back of the neck to sever the spinal cord.
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Ventral neck cuts: Used for poultry, sheep, and goats
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The bleeding method for slaughtering animals involves cutting the animal’s major blood vessels, such as the carotid arteries and jugular veins, to cause rapid blood loss and death. This process is also known as exsanguination or sticking.
Some other methods used in slaughtering animals include:
Stunning: Methods include using a penetrating captive bolt, electrical stunning, or gas stunning.
Ventral neck cuts: Used for poultry, sheep, and goats.
Chest sticking: Used for cattle, sheep, goats, and pigs.
Puntilla: A traditional method where a knife is plunged into the back of the neck to sever the spinal c
ord.
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Gas stunning/killing – used on pigs and involves the use of gas mixtures.
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Timely bleeding is essential, for both animal welfare and meat quality. Bleeding involves severing the carotid arteries and the jugular veins, or the vessels from which they arise.
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<mark>The bleeding method used in slaughtering involves cutting the animal’s major blood vessels, such as the carotid arteries and jugular veins, to cause rapid blood loss and death.</mark>
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