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ArticleAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI2018

The Use of a Mechanical Non-Penetrating Captive Bolt Device for the Euthanasia of Neonate Lambs.

Andrew Grist, Jeff A Lines, Toby G Knowles, Charles W Mason, Stephen B Wotton

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Article in Animals : an open access journal from MDPI, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
9citing papers in PubMed
1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 15% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Andrew GristSchool of Veterinary Sciences, University of Bristol, Langford House, Langford, Bristol BS40 5DU, UK. andy.grist@bristol.ac.uk.
Jeff A LinesSilsoe Livestock Systems, Wrest Park, Silsoe, Bedford MK45 4HR, UK. jeff.lines@silsoeresearch.org.uk.
Toby G KnowlesSchool of Veterinary Sciences, University of Bristol, Langford House, Langford, Bristol BS40 5DU, UK. toby.knowles@bristol.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0002-3845-0942
Charles W MasonHumane Slaughter Association, The Old School, Brewhouse Hill, Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire AL4 8AN, UK. charlie@hsa.org.uk.
Stephen B WottonSchool of Veterinary Sciences, University of Bristol, Langford House, Langford, Bristol BS40 5DU, UK. steve.wotton@bristol.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0002-9855-0267
University of Bristol · GBHumane Slaughter Association · GBSilsoe Research Institute · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A non-penetrating captive bolt device, powered by a 1-grain 0.22″ cartridge delivering a calculated kinetic energy of 47 Joules was tested as a euthanasia method on 200 neonate lambs

Indexed as

animal welfareeuthanasialivestockmechanical killingneonate lambon-farm killing

Identifiers

PMID29614834
PMCPMC5946133
OpenAlexW2795739135

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Registered trials

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