Beef quality assurance (Rae)

Question 1

Food Animal producer success

Answer 1

• efficient livestock production
• marketable
• quality assured animals

Question 2

Animal well-being

Answer 2

• good production practices
• quality handling facilites
• clean environment
• adequate nutrition

Question 3

public health

Answer 3

• food chain quality assurance
• drug residue avoidance
• microbial contamination avoidance
• healthy livestock = wholesome product

Question 4

HACCP

Answer 4

Hazard analysis/critical control points

• Conduct hazard analysis
• Critical control point (CCP) identification
• Establishment critical limits
• Monitoring procedures
• Corrective action
• Verification procedures
• Record keeping

Question 5

Hazards

Answer 5

• biological
• chemical
• physical

Question 6

Ranch assessment

Answer 6

• heath and production parameters
  
  • production unit
    
    • history
    • physical exam
  • assess
    
    • health
    • production
    • reproduction

Question 7

reportable

critical caseload = 1 animal

Answer 7

• BSE: BSE prion
• FMD: Apthovirus
• heartwater: Ehrlichia ruminatium
• Texas cattle fever: babesia bigemina, B. bovies
• Brucellosis: B. abortus
• Tuberculosis: M. bovis, M. tuberculosis

Question 8

Beef quality assurance

consumer health-public health concerns

Answer 8

• drug residue avoidance
• microbial contamination avoidance
• wholesome product-healthy livestocok
• lean to fat

Question 9

Fed cattle issues

Answer 9

• too frequent and severe bruising
• too frequent liver condemnations

Question 10

LIability

Improper drug use

Answer 10

• poor performance of cattle
• regulatory action
• condemnation of cattle and products
• loss of consumer products
• loss of market

Question 11

animal health product use

label

Answer 11

• dosage, timing
• route of administration
• warning or indications
• withdrawal period
• storage period
• storage, disposal
• shelf life

Question 12

records for a herd

Answer 12

• date, time, place of injection
• product information
• routes and doses
• placement of product
• withdrawal times
• warnings

Question 13

reconstituting products

Answer 13

• 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

Question 14

restrain animals properly

Answer 14

• avoid bruising cattle
• avoid injury of persons
• facilitate vaccination technique

Question 15

chlostridial vaccines tend to produce

Answer 15

muscle reaction

Question 16

how far should we give vaccines in front of scapula

Answer 16

hands width

Question 17

if doing an IM injection size of need should be

Answer 17

at least 1 inch

Question 18

needle use

Answer 18

• clean needles into vials
• change needles every 10-15 animals
• inject into clean areas

Question 19

Mission number one

Answer 19

keep animals healthy

Question 20

Local Problem Identification

Answer 20

• Records evaluation
  
  • monitor performance against goast and critical control points
• Asses
  
  • what issues impact health and wellbeing
• Recommendation / Follow-up

Question 21

Monitoring / Corrections

Answer 21

• Assess problem potentials
  
  • alleviate economically/tactically feasible
• client education
  
  • health management techniques
• Assure availability of
  
  • equipment, supplies, drugs
• establish health management protocols

Question 22

Vaccine that causes tissue rxn

Answer 22

Clostridial….