scholarly journals Agricultural Holdings and Slaughterhouses’ Impact on Patterns of Pathological Findings Observed during Post-Mortem Meat Inspection

Animals ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 1442
Author(s):  
Johannes Klinger ◽  
Beate Conrady ◽  
Marina Mikula ◽  
Annemarie Käsbohrer
Keyword(s):  
Multivariate Analysis ◽  
Feedback System ◽  
Meat Inspection ◽  
Post Mortem ◽  
Pathological Findings ◽  
Herd Health ◽  
Post Mortem Findings ◽  
Explained Variance ◽  
Time Periods ◽  
Inspection Data

Meat inspection data can provide valuable information about herd health to producers, veterinarians and veterinary authorities and can be used as a feedback system for farmers to improve their herd management. The aim of this study was to analyse the influence of agricultural holdings, slaughterhouses and time periods (quarters) on the occurrence and composition of the prevalence of post-mortem findings of 4 million pigs slaughtered in Austria in 2016, by applying a permutation multivariate analysis of variance. Pneumonia (21.9%) and milk spots (19.9%) were the most frequently recorded conditions. Our analysis indicated a statistically significant influence of all three considered factors (agricultural holdings, slaughterhouses and periods) on the prevalence of post-mortem findings. The observed prevalence could not only be explained by the differences between the farms of origin and slaughterhouses but also by the variability within the slaughterhouses. Much of the explained variance of the prevalence was due to differences between producers (mean R2 = 0.61), followed by slaughterhouses (mean R2 = 0.19) and period (mean R2 = 0.05). To meet the demand for a valid feedback system to farmers and attending veterinarians, a robust and ideally more detailed recording of frequent pathologies, especially those affecting the respiratory tract and the liver, should be developed.

scholarly journals The Potential of Post-Mortem Carcass Assessments in Reflecting the Welfare of Beef and Dairy Cattle

Animals ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (11) ◽  
pp. 959
Author(s):  
Melody Knock ◽  
Grace A. Carroll
Keyword(s):  
Regression Analysis ◽  
Dairy Cattle ◽  
Body Condition ◽  
Skin Lesions ◽  
Meat Inspection ◽  
Carcass Weight ◽  
Post Mortem ◽  
Lesion Score ◽  
Inspection Data ◽  
General Indicator

There is increasing interest in utilizing meat inspection data to help inform farmers of the health and welfare of their herds. The aim of this study was to determine whether ante-mortem measures of welfare in beef and dairy cattle (N = 305) were associated with post-mortem measures at a United Kingdom (UK) abattoir. Multiple regression analysis was used to determine the ability of ante-mortem measures of lameness, cleanliness, skin lesions, hair loss and body condition in predicting hot carcass weight and the frequency of carcass bruising. For beef cattle, lameness score (p = 0.04), cleanliness score (p = 0.02) and age (p < 0.001), were predictors of carcass bruise score while lameness score (p = 0.03), body condition (p = 0.01) and sex (p < 0.001) were predictors of hot carcass weight. For dairy cattle, sex (p < 0.001) and slaughter day (p < 0.001) were predictors of carcass bruise score while skin lesion score (p = 0.01), body condition (p < 0.001), age (p < 0.001), slaughter day (p < 0.001) and number of moves (p = 0.01) were predictors of hot carcass weight. These results suggest that recording carcass weight and carcass bruising at meat inspection may have potential as a general indicator of health and welfare status in cattle. However, animal characteristics and variables, such as slaughter day and abattoir staffing, should be taken into account when interpreting the results.

scholarly journals The Health and Welfare of Rabbits as Indicated by Post-Mortem Findings at the Slaughterhouse

Animals ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 659
Author(s):  
Lenka Valkova ◽  
Vladimir Vecerek ◽  
Eva Voslarova ◽  
Veronika Zavrelova ◽  
Francesca Conte ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Feed Intake ◽  
Post Mortem ◽  
Pathological Findings ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Husbandry Practices ◽  
Traumatic Origin ◽  
Post Mortem Findings

The aim of the study was to assess post-mortem findings according to their localization and the nature of damage and to assess the standard of health and welfare of farmed rabbits on the basis of these findings. A total of 40,206 pathological findings were recorded in 1,876,929 rabbits slaughtered at slaughterhouses in the Czech Republic in the period from 2010 to 2019. Pathological findings on the limbs (0.84%), the trunk (0.71%), the kidneys (0.17%), and the liver (0.05%), along with generalized changes (0.37%), occurred most frequently. Findings of traumatic origin dominated among findings on the limbs and trunk, which indicates the inappropriate housing and handling rabbits on farms and during transport. Findings in the kidneys and liver were most often of a chronic nature having an evident correlation with the diet of intensively fed rabbits, with shortcomings in the diet having an impact on the parenchyma with chronic manifestations in the liver and kidneys. Among the generalized findings, multiple abscesses, which were probably associated with the infection of injuries occurring during fattening, and emaciation resulting from current husbandry practices, leading to insufficient feed intake or the development of disease in some individuals, predominated.

scholarly journals A simulation study on the statistical monitoring of condemnation rates from slaughterhouses for syndromic surveillance: an evaluation based on Swiss data

2015 ◽  
Vol 143 (16) ◽  
pp. 3423-3433 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. VIAL ◽  
S. THOMMEN ◽  
L. HELD
Keyword(s):  
Syndromic Surveillance ◽  
Animal Health ◽  
False Positive Rate ◽  
Probability Of Detection ◽  
Meat Inspection ◽  
Small Range ◽  
Post Mortem ◽  
Multivariate System ◽  
Inspection Data ◽  
Reporting Frequency

SUMMARYSyndromic surveillance (SyS) systems currently exploit various sources of health-related data, most of which are collected for purposes other than surveillance (e.g. economic). Several European SyS systems use data collected during meat inspection for syndromic surveillance of animal health, as some diseases may be more easily detected post-mortem than at their point of origin or during the ante-mortem inspection upon arrival at the slaughterhouse. In this paper we use simulation to evaluate the performance of a quasi-Poisson regression (also known as an improved Farrington) algorithm for the detection of disease outbreaks during post-mortem inspection of slaughtered animals. When parameterizing the algorithm based on the retrospective analyses of 6 years of historic data, the probability of detection was satisfactory for large (range 83–445 cases) outbreaks but poor for small (range 20–177 cases) outbreaks. Varying the amount of historical data used to fit the algorithm can help increasing the probability of detection for small outbreaks. However, while the use of a 0·975 quantile generated a low false-positive rate, in most cases, more than 50% of outbreak cases had already occurred at the time of detection. High variance observed in the whole carcass condemnations time-series, and lack of flexibility in terms of the temporal distribution of simulated outbreaks resulting from low reporting frequency (monthly), constitute major challenges for early detection of outbreaks in the livestock population based on meat inspection data. Reporting frequency should be increased in the future to improve timeliness of the SyS system while increased sensitivity may be achieved by integrating meat inspection data into a multivariate system simultaneously evaluating multiple sources of data on livestock health.

scholarly journals Statistical Monitoring of Condemnations from Slaughterhouses

2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Flavie Vial ◽  
Sarah Thommen ◽  
Leonhard Held
Keyword(s):  
Time Series ◽  
False Positive ◽  
Disease Outbreaks ◽  
Probability Of Detection ◽  
Meat Inspection ◽  
Herd Health ◽  
Statistical Monitoring ◽  
Indirect Indicator ◽  
Inspection Data

Whole carcass condemnations (WCC) following meat inspection could be a valuable indirect indicator of national herd health to monitor. We evaluate the performance of the improved Farrington algorithm for the detection of simulated outbreaks in meat inspection data. Disease outbreaks of random sizes (leading to increased WCC at slaughter) were simulated in the time series of the number of cattle slaughtered and condemned in Switzerland between 2007 and 2012. Overall, the improved Farrington algorithm led to low false positive rates but the probability of detection was low for small outbreaks.

Post-mortem Findings in a Shetland Sheepdog with Dermatomyositis

1986 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 509-511 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. M. Hargis ◽  
D. J. Prieur ◽  
K. H. Haupt ◽  
L. L. Collier
Keyword(s):  
Post Mortem ◽  
Post Mortem Findings

Observations on the use of Trichostrongylus colubriformis (Nematoda) infections of guinea-pigs for laboratory experiments

Parasitology ◽  
1963 ◽  
Vol 53 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 189-199 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. F. Sturrock
Keyword(s):  
Multivariate Analysis ◽  
Guinea Pigs ◽  
Worm Burden ◽  
Laboratory Experiments ◽  
Statistical Treatment ◽  
Post Mortem ◽  
Infective Larvae ◽  
Final Weight ◽  
Cure Mechanism ◽  
Experimental Use

Four groups of guinea-pigs were infected with a range of doses of T. colubriformis. The infections were followed by egg counts and weight measurements, and the adult worms were recovered from the animals post mortem. A multivariate analysis, details of which are given in an appendix, showed that the sensitivity of the measures used was, in descending order, final weight, total egg count and worm burden. The course of the infection is discussed in view of the apparent self-cure mechanism. Precautions are outlined for the experimental use of this hostparasite relationship.The author is grateful to Professor B. G. Peters for his advice on this work, to Dr P. Silverman of Allen and Hanburys Limited for a supply of T. colubriformis infective larvae and to Dr R. E. Blackith for his advice on the statistical treatment of the data.

Predictability of post mortem abnormalities in shipments of slaughter pigs as an aid for meat inspection

1991 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 74-80 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. H. M. Harbers ◽  
J. F. M. Smeets ◽  
J. M. A. Snijders
Keyword(s):  
Meat Inspection ◽  
Post Mortem ◽  
Slaughter Pigs

scholarly journals Intersexuality in a crab-eating fox (Cerdocyon thous)

2010 ◽  
Vol 30 (6) ◽  
pp. 510-514 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcos R.F. Mattos ◽  
Lucilene Simões-Mattos ◽  
Célso Pilati ◽  
Lúcia D.M. Silva ◽  
Sheyla F.S. Domingues
Keyword(s):  
External Genitalia ◽  
Post Mortem ◽  
Gonadal Tissue ◽  
Bilateral Cryptorchidism ◽  
Reproductive Disorder ◽  
Post Mortem Findings ◽  
Cerdocyon Thous ◽  
Male External Genitalia ◽  
The Right ◽  
Reproductive Pathology

Intersexuality is a reproductive pathology that has been described in wild animals in recent years. However, its occurrence and consequences remain obscure and therefore all aspects of this reproductive disorder deserve attention. The aim of this study is to report a case of intersexuality with probable absence of gonadal tissue in the crab-eating fox (Cerdocyon thous) native to Brazil. The animal has male external genitalia, but its prepuce and penis were both hypoplastic. Because of a clinical suspicion of bilateral cryptorchidism, a laparotomy was performed and the absence of prostate and gonads were revealed. The procedure also revealed vas deferentia, extending laterally from the each side of the bladder basis to the right and left abdominal wall muscles. The animal died one month later, and post mortem examination confirmed the absence of prostatic and gonadal tissues. Muscular structures similar to uterine horns and cervix were founded macroscopically and confirmed by optic microscopy. In addition, post mortem findings corroborate with penis hypoplasia, since penile bone presence was observed. The vasa deferentia had a normal tissue structure, although hypoplastic. In conclusion, the case of a crab-eating fox (Cerdocyon thous) reported here represents a proved intersexual animal with probable absence of gonadal tissue.

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