1ST PART Flashcards
Pigs dressing also includes dehiding
no
3 basic stunning methods
mechanical, electrical, gas anesthesia
most commonly used technique in mechanical/percussive stunning
captive bolt technique
penetrating stunner is mushroom shaped
non-pen yon
mechanical stunning is less effective in these animals
bulls and pigs (due to sinuses)
head sites for percussive stunning for cattle, goat and sheep
Cattle with long head e.g., holstein friesian
Base of horn buds lateral to eye (make an invisible cross there)
if sheep is horned, position gun a bit __
caudal
head sites for percussive stunning for pig and horses
middle of lateral side of eyes
uses air to stun
hydraulic
clonic phase comes first than tonic spasm
no
In pigs, the tonic phase lasts __ seconds, followed immediately by violent, clonic muscle spasms
3-5
In cattle, immediate collapse of the animal followed by ____ lasting about ___ seconds, then slow clonic movements of the hind legs and eventually vigorous hind leg movements
tonic spasm - 10-15 s
The eyeball should face ___ with a fixed gaze and not to be rotated ___
outwards, inwards
extreme arching back of the neck and spine
OPISTHOTONUS
In electrical stunner: The tonic spasms last for some __ seconds, and the clonic phase __ seconds, in both pigs and sheep
10-25
14-45
dirty zones
cleaning, lairage, stunning, slaughtet
spear cut technique is used to what animal
cattle
Downward pullers are more desirable
true
known as green offal
abdominal organs - liver intestines
known as red offal
thoracic organs - lungs
carcass chilling temp
red offal chilling temp
7
3
pig slaughters also need 2 knives
only one
scalding temp for pigs
> 60C
result when pigs scald alive
aspiration
