Reference for Zevachim 7:6
מָלַק וְנִמְצָא טְרֵפָה, רַבִּי מֵאִיר אוֹמֵר, אֵינָהּ מְטַמְּאָה בְבֵית הַבְּלִיעָה. רַבִּי יְהוּדָה אוֹמֵר, מְטַמְּאָה בְבֵית הַבְּלִיעָה. אָמַר רַבִּי מֵאִיר, מָה אִם נִבְלַת בְּהֵמָה, שֶׁהִיא מְטַמְּאָה בְמַגָּע וּבְמַשָּׂא, שְׁחִיטָתָהּ מְטַהֶרֶת אֶת טְרֵפָתָהּ מִטֻּמְאָתָהּ, נִבְלַת הָעוֹף שֶׁאֵינָהּ מְטַמְּאָה בְמַגָּע וּבְמַשָּׂא, אֵינוֹ דִין שֶׁתְּהֵא שְׁחִיטָתָהּ מְטַהֶרֶת אֶת טְרֵפָתָהּ מִטֻּמְאָתָהּ. מַה מָּצִינוּ בִשְׁחִיטָתָהּ, שֶׁהִיא מַכְשַׁרְתָּהּ בַּאֲכִילָה, וּמְטַהֶרֶת אֶת טְרֵפָתָהּ מִטֻּמְאָתָהּ, אַף מְלִיקָתָהּ, שֶׁהִיא מַכְשַׁרְתָּהּ בַּאֲכִילָה, תְּטַהֵר אֶת טְרֵפָתָהּ מִטֻּמְאָתָהּ. רַבִּי יוֹסֵי אוֹמֵר, דַּיָּהּ כְּנִבְלַת בְּהֵמָה, שְׁחִיטָתָהּ מְטַהַרְתָּהּ, אֲבָל לֹא מְלִיקָתָהּ:
If one pierced [a bird's neck] and it was found to be a <i>Terefah</i> [an animal with a mortal condition such that it would die within one year], Rabbi Meir says: It does not render a person impure through swallowing. Rabbi Yehudah says: It does render a person impure through swallowing. Said Rabbi Meir: If the slaughtering of an animal [which if it were a] <i>Nevelah</i> [an improperly slaughtered animal of a permitted species] would transmit impurity via touch and carrying, [nevertheless] loses its ability to transmit impurity [if it were a] <i>Terefah</i>, then a bird [which if it were a] <i>Nevelah</i> would not transmit impurity through touch or carrying, should certainly [cause] a <i>Terefah</i>, if slaughtered, to lose its ability to transmit impurity. Just like we find that slaughtering [a bird] permits it to be eaten, and removes the ability of a <i>Terefah</i> to transmit impurity, so too piercing [a bird's neck] permits it to be eaten [should] remove the ability of a <i>Terefah</i> to transmit impurity. Rabbi Yose says: It is sufficient [to compare a <i>Terefah</i> bird] to a <i>neveilah</i> animal [such that] slaughtering removes its ability to transmit impurity, but piercing [its neck] does not.
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