Stunning compliance in halal slaughter: a review of current scientific knowledge
Muslim scholars are not unanimous on the issue of the application of stunning in the halal slaughtering of animals. Appropriate stunning makes animals unconscious instantaneously, thus avoiding unnecessary pain and stress during the slaughtering of animals. The present review comprehensively summari...
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| description | Muslim scholars are not unanimous on the issue of the application of stunning in the halal slaughtering of animals. Appropriate stunning makes animals unconscious instantaneously, thus avoiding unnecessary pain and stress during the slaughtering of animals. The present review comprehensively summarizes the available scientific literature on stunning methods in view of their halal compliance during the slaughter of animals. The issue of maximum blood loss, reversibility of consciousness, and animals remaining alive during the halal cut are the key determinants of approval of stunning in the halal slaughter. Further, missed stuns due to poor maintenance of equipment, improper applications, and poor restraining necessitates additional stunning attempts, which further aggravates pain and stress in animals. Scientific findings suggest that halal-compliant stunning technologies are reversible, do not kill animals prior to the halal cut, and do not obstruct blood loss. There is a need to carry out further research on the refinement of available stunning technologies and their application, proper restraints, proper identification of the death status of animals, and assurance of animal welfare in commercial halal meat production. |
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| spelling | upm-1102432024-09-03T07:27:18Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/110243/ Stunning compliance in halal slaughter: a review of current scientific knowledge Sazili, Awis Qurni Kumar, Pavan Hayat, Muhammad Nizam Muslim scholars are not unanimous on the issue of the application of stunning in the halal slaughtering of animals. Appropriate stunning makes animals unconscious instantaneously, thus avoiding unnecessary pain and stress during the slaughtering of animals. The present review comprehensively summarizes the available scientific literature on stunning methods in view of their halal compliance during the slaughter of animals. The issue of maximum blood loss, reversibility of consciousness, and animals remaining alive during the halal cut are the key determinants of approval of stunning in the halal slaughter. Further, missed stuns due to poor maintenance of equipment, improper applications, and poor restraining necessitates additional stunning attempts, which further aggravates pain and stress in animals. Scientific findings suggest that halal-compliant stunning technologies are reversible, do not kill animals prior to the halal cut, and do not obstruct blood loss. There is a need to carry out further research on the refinement of available stunning technologies and their application, proper restraints, proper identification of the death status of animals, and assurance of animal welfare in commercial halal meat production. Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2023 Article PeerReviewed Sazili, Awis Qurni and Kumar, Pavan and Hayat, Muhammad Nizam (2023) Stunning compliance in halal slaughter: a review of current scientific knowledge. Animals, 13 (19). pp. 1-24. ISSN 2076-2615 https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/13/19/3061 10.3390/ani13193061 |
| spellingShingle | Sazili, Awis Qurni Kumar, Pavan Hayat, Muhammad Nizam Stunning compliance in halal slaughter: a review of current scientific knowledge |
| title | Stunning compliance in halal slaughter: a review of current scientific knowledge |
| title_full | Stunning compliance in halal slaughter: a review of current scientific knowledge |
| title_fullStr | Stunning compliance in halal slaughter: a review of current scientific knowledge |
| title_full_unstemmed | Stunning compliance in halal slaughter: a review of current scientific knowledge |
| title_short | Stunning compliance in halal slaughter: a review of current scientific knowledge |
| title_sort | stunning compliance in halal slaughter: a review of current scientific knowledge |
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