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CO2-stunning in pigs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2023

E Tolo*
Affiliation:
Animalia, Norwegian Meat Research Centre, Norway
L Christensen
Affiliation:
Danish Meat Research Institute, Denmark
L Martoft
Affiliation:
Integrative Pharmacology, Biosciences, AstraZeneca, Lund, Sweden
A Forslid
Affiliation:
Lund University, Sweden
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* Contact for correspondence: elisiv.tolo@animalia.no
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© 2010 Universities Federation for Animal Welfare

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