The Health and Welfare of Rabbits as Indicated by Post-Mortem Findings at the Slaughterhouse
| Autor: | F. Conte, Zbynek Semerad, Eva Voslarova, Vladimir Vecerek, Lenka Valkova, Veronika Zavrelova |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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040301 veterinary sciences
media_common.quotation_subject rabbit Physiology Disease Article 0403 veterinary science Parenchyma lcsh:Zoology Medicine lcsh:QL1-991 Pathological Multiple abscesses media_common lcsh:Veterinary medicine General Veterinary business.industry veterinary inspection 0402 animal and dairy science health 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences Animal husbandry 040201 dairy & animal science Trunk welfare lcsh:SF600-1100 Animal Science and Zoology slaughter medicine.symptom business Emaciation Welfare |
| Zdroj: | Animals : an Open Access Journal from MDPI Animals, Vol 11, Iss 659, p 659 (2021) Animals Volume 11 Issue 3 |
| ISSN: | 2076-2615 |
| Popis: | Simple Summary Veterinary inspection at the slaughterhouse plays an important role in the surveillance system for animal health and welfare. The study focused on the quantification and identification of pathological findings in rabbits slaughtered at the slaughterhouses in the Czech Republic in the period from 2010 to 2019. The ratio of the number of pathological findings to the total number of rabbits slaughtered was 0.0214, i.e., for every hundred rabbits, 2.14 findings were made documenting the impairment of health and/or welfare to an extent leading to pathological changes detected during the post-mortem inspection of the rabbits at the slaughterhouse. The pathological findings that occurred most often were those on the limbs (0.84%), trunk (0.71%), kidneys (0.17%), and liver (0.05%), along with generalized changes (0.37%). The results show that findings on the limbs and trunk were dominated by findings of traumatic origin. Findings in the kidneys and liver were most often of a chronic nature. Findings of abscesses were most frequent among generalized findings. Abstract 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. |
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