During the past decade the British livestock industry has suffered from several major pathogen outbreaks, and a variety of regulatory and disease control measures have been applied to the movement of livestock with the express aim of mitigating the spread of infection. The Rapid Analysis and Detection of Animal-related Risks (RADAR) project, which has been collecting data on the movement of cat...

Meat inspection is up for debate and one issue deals with how to handle chronic cases of pyaemia/ osteomyelitis in finishing pigs. In Denmark, such carcasses are required to be de-boned to avoid presence of osteomyelitis not found in the rework area. Around 40,000 pigs (0.24%) are subjected to de-boning in Denmark per year, and the associated costs amount to approx. €3 million. The questions ar...

It is critical to maintain low levels of microbes in the whole food production chain. Due high speed slaughter, lack time, and structural characteristics crates, sufficient cleaning disinfection crates used for transporting chickens abattoirs a challenge. Inadequately cleaned transport broiler caused major outbreak campylobacteriosis Sweden 2016–2017, when contaminated introduced Campylobacter ...

Tissue samples comprising the oesophagus and diaphragm were collected from 400 sheep and 400 goats slaughtered at the abattoirs in the study area. Out of this number, 36 were positive for Sarcocystis cysts (sarcocysts) in sheep and 56 in goats. The sarcocysts in sheep measured 35.7 to 500 microns lengthwise and the cyst-wall 2.4 microns. They were identified to be Sarcocystis tenella. The cysts...

For years, abattoir solid waste disposal in many developing nations has been a major problem. Many abattoirs Sub-Saharan Africa especially Nigeria deposit their wastes within the immediate locations or dispose them into water bodies which causes effects to people living close abattoirs. On other hand, locating urban center furnishes advantages therein. Though, impact of practice poses threat ph...

The plasmatic cortisol levels of 60 eight-month-old calves (Charolais breed) were measured as stress indicators resulting from two types of slaughter: traditional and religious rite. The plasmatic cortisol levels were evaluated during three different stages of their productive life: during growth, after transport and during slaughter. The thirty calves slaughtered after stunning showed plasmati...

Due to Brazil is a tropical country has activities in occupational exposure to cold restricted to few sectors especially the meatpacking industry. Taking into account that the country in 2010, was again the largest exporter of poultry meat in the world and consequently employing a large number of workers for their slaughter and processing. The search for greater productivity can result in an in...

Live adult Gastrothylax crumenifer worms were collected from buffaloes slaughtered at local abattoirs and washed several times with PBS (pH 7.4). Live intact adult flukes were suspended in DPBS (pH 7.2) and incubated at 37°C in a BOD incubator for 8 hrs. The fluid was centrifuged at 7000 rpm for 30 min at 4°C and the supernatant was designated Excretory and Secretory (E/S) antigens. On Sodium d...