Species‐specific welfare aspects of the main systems of stunning and killing of farmed Carp

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EFSA JournalVolume 7, Issue 4 1013 OpinionOpen Access Species-specific welfare aspects of the main systems of stunning and killing of farmed Carp European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), European Food Safety Authority (EFSA)Search for more papers by this author European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), European Food Safety Authority (EFSA)Search for more papers by this author First published: 27 April 2009 https://doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2009.1013Citations: 4 Panel members: Bo Algers, Harry J. Blokhuis, Anette Bøtner, Donald M. Broom, Patrizia Costa, Mariano Domingo, Mathias Greiner, Jörg Hartung, Frank Koenen, Christine Müller-Graf, David B. Morton, Albert Osterhaus, Dirk U. Pfeiffer, Mohan Raj, Ronald Roberts, Moez Sanaa, Mo Salman, J. Michael Sharp, Philippe Vannier and Martin Wierup. Acknowledgement: The European Food Safety Authority wishes to thank the members of the Working Group for the preparation of this opinion: Mariano Domingo (Chairman), Ann Lindberg, Bert Lambooij, Martin Oberle and Maciej Pilarczyk. The AHAW Panel also would like to thank the Member States and stakeholders organisations for their valuable comments which were taken into consideration by the WG Members in producing the Scientific Opinion. The scientific coordination for this Scientific Opinion has been undertaken by the EFSA AHAW Panel Scientific Officers Ana Afonso, Franck Berthe, Sofie Dhollander, Jordi Tarrés- Call and particularly Oriol Ribó and Tomasz Grudnik. 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