Beef quality assurance (Rae) Flashcards
1
Q
Food Animal producer success
A
- efficient livestock production
- marketable
- quality assured animals
2
Q
Animal well-being
A
- good production practices
- quality handling facilites
- clean environment
- adequate nutrition
3
Q
public health
A
- food chain quality assurance
- drug residue avoidance
- microbial contamination avoidance
- healthy livestock = wholesome product
4
Q
HACCP
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Hazard analysis/critical control points
- Conduct hazard analysis
- Critical control point (CCP) identification
- Establishment critical limits
- Monitoring procedures
- Corrective action
- Verification procedures
- Record keeping
5
Q
Hazards
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- biological
- chemical
- physical
6
Q
Ranch assessment
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- heath and production parameters
- production unit
- history
- physical exam
- assess
- health
- production
- reproduction
- production unit
7
Q
reportable
critical caseload = 1 animal
A
- BSE: BSE prion
- FMD: Apthovirus
- heartwater: Ehrlichia ruminatium
- Texas cattle fever: babesia bigemina, B. bovies
- Brucellosis: B. abortus
- Tuberculosis: M. bovis, M. tuberculosis
8
Q
Beef quality assurance
consumer health-public health concerns
A
- drug residue avoidance
- microbial contamination avoidance
- wholesome product-healthy livestocok
- lean to fat
9
Q
Fed cattle issues
A
- too frequent and severe bruising
- too frequent liver condemnations
10
Q
LIability
Improper drug use
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- poor performance of cattle
- regulatory action
- condemnation of cattle and products
- loss of consumer products
- loss of market
11
Q
animal health product use
label
A
- dosage, timing
- route of administration
- warning or indications
- withdrawal period
- storage period
- storage, disposal
- shelf life
12
Q
records for a herd
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- date, time, place of injection
- product information
- routes and doses
- placement of product
- withdrawal times
- warnings
13
Q
reconstituting products
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- mix enough only for one hour or less
- keep vaccine cool and out of the sun
- don’t save left over vaccine
- properly dispose of bottles/needles
14
Q
restrain animals properly
A
- avoid bruising cattle
- avoid injury of persons
- facilitate vaccination technique
15
Q
chlostridial vaccines tend to produce
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muscle reaction
16
Q
how far should we give vaccines in front of scapula
A
hands width
17
Q
if doing an IM injection size of need should be
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at least 1 inch
18
Q
needle use
A
- clean needles into vials
- change needles every 10-15 animals
- inject into clean areas
19
Q
Mission number one
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keep animals healthy
20
Q
Local Problem Identification
A
- Records evaluation
- monitor performance against goast and critical control points
- Asses
- what issues impact health and wellbeing
- Recommendation / Follow-up
21
Q
Monitoring / Corrections
A
- Assess problem potentials
- alleviate economically/tactically feasible
- client education
- health management techniques
- Assure availability of
- equipment, supplies, drugs
- establish health management protocols
22
Q
Vaccine that causes tissue rxn
A
Clostridial….
