Opinion of the Scientific Panel on Animal Health and Welfare (AHAW) on a request from the Commission related with the welfare aspects of the main systems of stunning and killing applied to commercially farmed deer, goats, rabbits, ostriches, ducks, geese

deer, goats, rabbits, ostriches, ducks, geese, quail,, animal welfare, stunning,killing, slaughterhouses, disease control, consciousness, mechanical stunning methods,mechanical stun / killing methods, electrical stunning methods, electrical stun / killing, methods, gas stunning methods, gas stun / killing methods, controlled atmospheres,needle bolts, percussive stunning, asphyxia, decapitation, exsanguinations, anaesthesia,shooting, biosecurity, food safety, microbiological safety.