Plant and method for the stunning and slaughter of animals for slaughter through asphyxiation

摘要

This invention consists of a plant for the stunning and/or slaughter of animals for slaughter, comprising a hermetically sealable chamber (10) with an entrance aperture (11) for the introduction of live animals and an exit aperture (12) for removal of stunned or slaughtered animals, closure devices (13,14) to hermetically seal these apertures, and an extraction means (15) to remove air from the chamber in order to stun or slaughter the animals.