electrical stunning

Electrical stunning is a method used in livestock slaughter to render animals unconscious, ensuring a humane process and improving meat quality. This technique involves passing an electrical current through the animal's brain.1

The physiological effect of an electrical current entering the body is known as an electrical shock. In living tissues, bioelectricity refers to the generation and action of electrical currents and voltages during biological processes, such as nerve signaling and muscle function. Cells capable of electrical activity maintain a resting potential, which can reverse upon activation, leading to a flow of current through the cell membrane. This bioelectric phenomenon is harnessed in electrical stunning to induce unconsciousness in animals before slaughter.231