A Retrospective Study after 10 Years (2010–2019) of Meat Inspection Activity in a Domestic Swine Abattoir in Tuscany: The Slaughterhouse as an Epidemiological Observatory
| Autor: | Stefano Pardini, Andrea Armani, Beniamino Terzo Cenci Goga, Lisa Guardone, Filippo Fratini, Daniele Nucera, Alessio Vitali |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
| Předmět: |
erysipelas
medicine.medical_specialty Veterinary medicine Erysipelas Article Enteritis Animal welfare lcsh:Zoology Epidemiology medicine lcsh:QL1-991 lcsh:Veterinary medicine General Veterinary business.industry Mortality rate Jaundice medicine.disease humanities carcass condemnation welfare slaughter pathology Perihepatitis lcsh:SF600-1100 Animal Science and Zoology medicine.symptom business Pneumonia (non-human) |
| Zdroj: | Animals : an Open Access Journal from MDPI Animals Volume 10 Issue 10 Animals, Vol 10, Iss 1907, p 1907 (2020) |
| ISSN: | 2076-2615 |
| Popis: | The activities performed by the Official Veterinarian at the slaughterhouse represent a useful source of data for the control of issues affecting human and animal health and welfare. This study analyzed the data deriving from ten years (2010&ndash 2019) of meat inspection in a pig slaughterhouse in Tuscany (Italy) to investigate the transport mortality rate and the frequencies and main causes of whole carcass and partial condemnations. In total, 1,246,309 pigs were slaughtered from 8 different regions of Central and Northern Italy. Overall, 1153 pigs died during transport (mortality rate 0.09%). Whole carcass condemnation affected 372 carcasses (0.03%), mainly due to erysipelas, generalized jaundice, lipomatous pseudohypertrophy, generalized abscesses, acute or generalized enteritis, and peritonitis. As regards partial condemnations, the liver was the most frequently condemned (~30% of the pigs), followed by lungs (17.3%), heart (6.9%), and kidney (0.9%). The main causes were &ldquo milk spot liver&rdquo and perihepatitis for the liver pneumonia and pleurisy for the lungs pericarditis and polyserositis for the heart and polycystic kidney and nephritis for kidneys. The results of this study describe a non-worrying situation as regards the investigated aspects and confirm the slaughterhouse as a valid epidemiological observatory for monitoring the trend of the main diseases over time, the results of the efforts for their control, and the compliance with animal welfare standards. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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