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The welfare aspects of the main systems of stunning and killing applied to commercially farmed deer, goats, rabbits, ostriches, ducks, geese and quail" Opinion of the Scientific Panel on Animal Health and Welfare on a request from the Commission related to "The welfare aspects of the main systems of stunning and killing applied to commercially farmed deer, goats, rabbits, ostriches, ducks, geese and quail" EFSA-Q-2005-005 Adopted by the AHAW panel on 13 th of February 2006 Chapter 9 on food safety aspects, as adopted by Biohazard panel on 17 th-18 th January 2006 This opinion follows on from an earlier AHAW Panel opinion and report of June 2004, that investigated the welfare aspects of the main systems of stunning and killing techniques as they apply to cattle, sheep, pigs, chickens and turkeys, horses and farmed fish, including methods applied in slaughterhouses and on the farm in disease control situations. These two opinions and accompanying reports from the AHAW Panel, taken together, address stunning and killing of most species kept for farming purposes within the EU.