Scientific Slaughtering

Humane Slaughtering of Animals

To the Editor of The Hospital and Health Review. Sir,?There are few questions at present before the public which can compare in importance with that of slaughterhouse reform. There is the cruelty of killing animals by old-fashioned and inefficient methods, there is the insanitary condition of the slaughterhouse and consequent contamination of the meat, there is thewholesale poisoning of the mea...

Protein solubility behaviour of fresh and frozen chicken meat in slaughtering and non slaughtering condition

This work was investigated the protein solubility properties of meat from chicken in different body part. The effects of fresh and freezing condition were studied on the protein solubility as a functional property of slaughter and non slaughtering chicken meat. Solubility of proteins was significantly reduced for slaughtering fresh meat and in contrast, non slaughtering fresh meat shows the hig...

Dynamic of Campylobacter Species Contamination Along a Poultry Slaughtering Chain

The prevalence of Campylobacters was studied in a poultry farm and along the slaughtering chain. Fifteen swabs from a farm and 75 samples (swabs and rinsates) from its slaughterhouse were collected. All the faecal and cloacal farm swabs were contaminated by Campylobacter jejuni and C. coli against 50% for breast swabs. C. jejuni had a concentration of 6.26, 6.34 and 5.38 Log10 CFU/mL in faecal,...

Congressional conversations: horse slaughtering or poverty and health care?

Culturable Airborne Bacteria in Outdoor Poultry-Slaughtering Facility

Airborne bacteria are important biological components of the aerosols and have a close relationship with human health as they can have adverse effects through infection and toxicity; higher concentrations can result in various microbial diseases. Moreover, they have a great influence on air quality in Beijing. In this study, a systematic survey on culturable airborne bacteria was carried out fo...