Description of tissue profiles, thalamic location, and recommended penetrating captive bolt placement in cadaver heads from domesticated 24- to 48-mo-old male yaks (Bos grunnians)
Emma M Hamilton, Kurt D Vogel, Ashlynn A Kirk, Michael Rossi, Karly N Anderson · 2024
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Description
Hamilton and coauthors map yak head tissue to guide humane bolt stunning. Yaks give meat, fiber, and transport in many lands. Yak meat sales grow in the United States as a lean choice. Bolt stunning is approved for cattle before slaughter.
No peer-checked guide for yak bolt sites existed before this work. The team used ten cadaver heads from young male yaks. Source yaks were aged two to four years. They located the thalamus, a brain part key for feeling. Tissue depth at the best bolt site was gauged. Their guide aims for fast, humane stunning in practice.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Emma M Hamilton, Kurt D Vogel, Ashlynn A Kirk, Michael Rossi, Karly N Anderson |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 45 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |