#veterinary standards
- To stun — To stun or temporarily deprive an animal of consciousness using mechanical, electrical, or chemical methods before slaughter; this mandatory technical process is structurally designed to completely suppress pain reflexes and ensure humane slaughtering, in compliance with European animal welfare regulations.
- Stunning — The act of stunning and its result; a technical or medical procedure through which an animal is rapidly rendered unconscious and insensible, via mechanical, electrical, or chemical methods, prior to slaughter, with the purpose of eliminating pain and physical suffering; in an extended sense, it can describe a state of pronounced numbness, bewilderment, or temporary loss of senses due to a heavy shock or the administration of anesthetic substances.