The subject of halal slaughtering is one the most widely discussed issues animal cruelty and welfare in public sphere. discrepancy understanding contemporary religious laws pertaining to does not fully publicize Islamic Muslim majority countries especially with respect interpreting use stunning animals. electrical cheapest, easiest, safest, suitable method for that widespread developed. However...

The foot and mouth disease (FMD) virus has high agro-terrorism potential because it is contagious, can be easily transmitted via inanimate objects and can be spread by wind. An outbreak of FMD in developed countries results in massive slaughtering of animals (for disease control) and disruptions in meat supply chains and trade, with potentially large economic losses. Although the United States ...

Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli is a foodborne pathogen that produces potentially fatal infant diarrhea, noticeably in developing countries. The aim of this study was to detect EPEC contamination by PCR at different stages of the chicken slaughtering process. We collected swabs from chicken cloacae and washed carcasses (external and visceral cavity) during the slaughtering process in 3 sampli...

Bovine offal is currently recognized as one of the sources of human Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) infection in Japan. Here, the prevalence and genetic characterization of STEC O157 in bovine feces, offal, and carcasses at slaughtering were examined between July and October in 2006. STEC O157 was detected in 31 of 301 cattle feces (10.3%) delivered from 120 farms. Simultaneously,...

Simmentaler cross (SX), Bonsmara cross (BX) and Nguni (NG) steers were raised on natural sweet veld pastures and slaughtered at 18 or 30 months of age. Slaughtering occurred at the end of the wet summer season. Live weight and carcass traits were significantly influenced by breed and slaughter age. The amount as well as percentage kidney and omental fat differed significantly between the respec...

Electrical water bath stunning is still the dominant method in slaughtering of broilers. Usually, AC stunning is applied with a minimum current of 120 mA per bird according to the actual EU regulations for stunning of chicken. To investigate the impact of electrical stunning conditions on effectiveness of stunning more deeply in a first step various combinations of voltage, voltage frequency an...

This study, carried out between October 2016 and June 2018, aimed to assess the impact of slaughtering practices on prevalence Salmonella in poultry carcasses slaughtered Bamako markets. It involved 8 slaughterhouses grouped into two categories (A B). Slaughterhouses classified category A (75%) were characterized by unsatisfactory hygienic practices. On other hand, those B (25%) respected certa...

To assess the antimicrobial effect of a commercial steam-vacuuming system newly implemented after slaughtering, 105 cattle carcasses were examined for total viable counts (TVC) at four different areas. Before steam vacuuming, mean TVC of the excision samples were comparable at the perineal area and brisket (3.0-3.1 log CFU cm-2) or the hind leg and shoulder (2.6-2.7 log CFU cm-2). Steam vacuumi...