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ArticleAnimal welfare (South Mimms, England)2025

Pathophysiology of penetrating captive-bolt stunning of horses.

Katharine A Fletcher, Beatrice Benedetti, Georgina Limon, Andrew Grist, Barbara Padalino, Mariano Hernández-Gil, Troy J Gibson

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Article in Animal welfare (South Mimms, England), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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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

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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

4 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. Welfare of horses at slaughter.EFSA journal. European Food Safety Authority · 2025
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  4. Welfare of horses during killing for purposes other than slaughter.EFSA journal. European Food Safety Authority · 2025
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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

7 authors.

Katharine A FletcherAnimal Welfare Science and Ethics Group, Department of Pathobiology and Population Sciences, Royal Veterinary College, Hawkshead Lane, Hatfield AL9 7TA, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5076-5528
Beatrice BenedettiDepartment of Agricultural and Food Sciences, University of Bologna, Viale Giuseppe Fanin 46, 40127 Bologna, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6897-3103
Georgina LimonVeterinary Epidemiology, Economics and Public Health Group, Department of Pathobiology and Population Sciences, Royal Veterinary College, Hawkshead Lane, Hatfield AL9 7TA, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6230-2475
Andrew GristAnimal Welfare and Behaviour Group, School of Veterinary Sciences, University of Bristol, Langford BS40 5DU, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2496-8262
Barbara PadalinoDepartment of Agricultural and Food Sciences, University of Bologna, Viale Giuseppe Fanin 46, 40127 Bologna, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7630-8285
Mariano Hernández-GilDepartment of Medicine, Surgery and Zootechnics for Equines, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Zootechnics, National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), Avenida Universidad 3000, Colonia UNAM, CU, Coyoacán, 04510 México.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7180-9702
Troy J GibsonAnimal Welfare Science and Ethics Group, Department of Pathobiology and Population Sciences, Royal Veterinary College, Hawkshead Lane, Hatfield AL9 7TA, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1242-2695

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

There has been limited research into the effectiveness of penetrating captive bolt (PCB) for stunning horses (

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Abattoiranimal welfarehorse welfareMexicopost mortem evaluationstunningveterinary pathology

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PMID40735425
PMCPMC12304776

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