Nitrogen generation: Important new animal welfare application

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Introducing Generating nitrogen on location:the power behind the Anoxia technique

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Nitrogen generation on location is a critical component of the Anoxia technique

The anoxia technique safeguards animal welfare during outbreaks of animal diseases

Mobile Nitrogen technique is now available world wide thanks to the corporation with the Gazcon/Atlas Copco organization.

What is the connection between nitrogen production and animal welfare?

Disease outbreaks threaten the lives of millions of animals every year.

Outbreaks need to be contained before they become a major threat to entire nations.

The Anoxia technique is the 21st century solution in the battle against contagious animal diseases

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Techniques that change the world

The first time that nitrogen is used to guarantee animal welfare

1What is the Anoxia

technique?

2Why use a

nitrogen generator?

3What is the

importance?


Anoxia What is it?

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• In a plane you are instructed what to do in case the cabin pressure drops ..

• When climbing Mount Everest, you need additional oxygen, unless you are a Sherpa ..

• In case you are diving, you are instructed what to do when you dive below 30 meters ..

Anoxia: Never heard about it?


Anoxia: How does influences humans?

– Oxygen must be present in every breathing gas because it is essential to the human body's metabolic process

– As the altitude increases (from > 2,400 meter) atmospheric pressure decreases, oxygen levels drop

– At 30 meters below sea level atmospheric pressure is 4 times the normal atmosphere, leading to higher CO2 and lower Oxygen levels.

– A decrease in blood oxygen level leads to relative increase of the nitrogen concentration inhaled, resulting in Hypoxic Anoxia

– In the medical literature, the effects of exposure to high concentrations of nitrogen is described as Nitrogen Asphyxiation

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Hemoglobin: its crucial role in the transportof gasses through the body

• Hemoglobin is the iron-containing oxygen-transport metalloprotein in the red blood cells of all vertebrates

• Hemoglobin enables the transport of gasses throughout the body

• It carries oxygen from the respiratory organs (lungs) to the rest of the body where it releases the oxygen


• No physical responses; the air we breath consists of 78% Nitrogen, so high quantities of remain undetected ..

• No stress or pain sensations, on contrary; mountain climbers and divers describe Anoxia as reaching a state of positive anxiety ..

• No reaction by animals when they are exposed to Anoxia until the moment that they turn unconscious ..

Anoxia caused by exposure to >98% Nitrogen: What’s happening?


The technical breakthrough:Fill large low expansion foam bubbles with 100% Nitrogen

• Invented in Holland in 2003, as alternative method for existing CO2 techniques used for mass killing animals during outbreaks

• Since 2006 successfully tested as killing method of poultry by scientists in Holland, The UK and the USA

• The anoxia technique contributes to todays economic, social, environmental, public health and consumer welfare objectives

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The Anoxia technique:the perfect killing and slaughter technique?

Yes but there are obstacles:• Scale: The Anoxia technique needs to be available on a world

wide scale to be effective against disease outbreaks

• Sepsis: Prior attempts to create anoxia by using nitrogen has been proven to be technically complex and expensive

• Proof of Concept: Like for all new slaughter techniques, this technique is subject to comprehensive testing to verify animal welfare claims

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The Anoxia technique: What’s EU stance towards anoxia?

Positive• Since 2006, Anoxia is successfully tested as onsite slaughter

technique, in case of large-scale outbreaks of animal diseases

• Starting January 2013, the European Union accepted Anoxia as slaughter method for

• Pigs• Poultry

• In Holland, Anoxia is tested on its practicality to euthanize sick and crippled piglets and poultry on the farm

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The Anoxia technique: How to apply it?

High expansion foam filled with >98% Nitrogen

• Animals are submerged into foam, filled with 99,8% Nitrogen

• After 30 seconds, the animals reaches a state of unconsciousness

• The animal dies within 1,5 minute on the consequences of Anoxia

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Killing and slaughtering animals

Starting Junuary1, 2013, Directive EU 1099/2009

• Is valid in all EU Member states where animals are killed or slaughtered: – Slaughtering of animals at the slaughter house– Killing of animals for depopulation purposes during outbreak

situations– Killing for welfare purposes of sick and crippled animals on the farm

• Only animal-specific methods may be applied; manually killing of animals (pulling the neck, smashing the scull etc.) is considered a crime within the EU

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Allowed animal-specific methods:

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1. Mechanical methods 2. Electrical methods3. Gas methods (hypoxia, hypoxemic

anoxia, anoxia) – Carbon dioxide at high concentration – Carbon dioxide in two phases – Carbon dioxide associated with inert

gases – Inert gases– Carbon monoxide (pure source) – Carbon monoxide associated with

other gases 4. Other methods

– Lethal injection (T61)All animal species


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2 Anoxia Why use a Nitrogen Generator?



It makes the Anoxia technique applicable where you need it

Reason Nr 1:


• It is the first universal slaughter technique that can be applied to all animal species

• It can be applied during outbreak situations, on farms, as stunning technique in slaughter houses

• It takes not more than 30 seconds to create the volume of 1 M3 Nitrogen filled foam per nozzle

Nitrogen foam: What’s so special?


Using Nitrogen generators makes the production of gas on location possible:

• 50% of all pigs in Europe, are stunned using CO2

, using large quantities of gas. Compared with the Anoxia technique only a fraction of gas quantity is needed, significantly reducing the operational costs.

• Large quantities of liquid CO2 are used to flood entire stables during outbreak situations. The Anoxia method replaces this CO2 stable gas technique completely

Nitrogen foam: Why a Nitrogen generator?


3 Anoxia: What’s the importance?



Demand for Humane on-farm euthanasia techniques

In average, 3% of all farm animals get sick or injured and need to be treated or euthanized

Using brute force to kill animals is is strictly forbidden and considered as a crimeDemand for mobile slaughter techniques

In average, every 3th week, there is a new outbreak of animal disease somewhere on earth

Within the EU alone, there are more than 2.2 million farm locations that need to apply to the new EU directive

For most animal species, mobile slaughter techniques do not exist

Urgent need for new, technical solutions


Without techniques, diseases can’t be stopped

1997: Holland: financial impact Classic Swine fever outbreak

€ 2,8 billion

2001: UK: Financial impact

Foot & Mouth Disease FMD outbreak

€ 15.1 billion 　 2003: Holland financial impact

Avian Influenza AI outbreak

€ 1,275 billion

2011: South Korea: Financial impact

Foot & Mouth Disease

€ 2,1 billion 　 2010: Japan: financial impact FMD/AI outbreak:

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The world needs techniques to slaughter animals on location

All pictures are taken within the last 10 years.We need to think outside the box to prevent these animal cruelties in the future


Every year, 6,5 million sheep are exported from Australia to Africa and the Middle East.

Transporters need techniques to euthanize animals

No solutions for shipping of sheep

On average, 8% of all sheep get sick, infected or cripple during their transportation from Australia to the Middle East. These ships are not

equipped with mobile killing equipment.


The Anoxia method is the first technique that can be applied to all animal species

What’s needed are:

• Mobile nitrogen generator• Foam nozzles• Tap Water• Soap• Trained staff

What’s needed are mobile slaughter techniques


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The first time nitrogen generators are used to guarantee animal welfare


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