The design and prototyping of a controlled atmosphere stunning system for farm based poultry producers and processors

该项目的目的是开发一种在受控气氛中使用气体昏迷来屠宰禽类的工艺。这将实现更高的福利标准，确保鸟类在捕杀之前受到最低限度的处理和压力，从而使它们完全失去知觉，对疼痛变得不敏感。这种设备的设计将确保它适用于规模较小的农场生产者-加工者，并能够负担得起。除了更高的福利标准外，由于禽类受到的压力水平较低，这一拟议系统还将在肉类生产质量方面带来非常积极的好处。

The aim of this project is to develop a process of slaughtering poultry species by using gas stunning in a controlled atmosphere.. This will achieve higher welfare standards by ensuring birds are subjected to minimal handling and stress prior to killing, whereby they simply lose conciousness and become insensitive to pain. The design of this equipment will ensure it is suitable for and can be afforded by smaller farm based producer - processors .In addition to the higher welfare standards this proposed system will achieve there are very positive benefits in the quality of meat produced due to the lower stress levels to which birds are subject to.