Bobby Calf Skill Check Practice Flashcards
Umbilical vein and its function
Allows oxygen and nutriends and H2O to pass from the mother to the foetus
Umbilicus presentation requirements
- Dried up portion to be removed prior to hide removal
2. Umbilicus can be discarded prior to inspection
Vessel that carries venous blood from the foetus to the mother
Umbilical artery
Inspection procedure for carcass
View external surfaces View hind legs and joints View ventral surface View abdominal, thoracic, pelvic/anal cavities View internal iliac/lumbar LN's View diaphragm View forequarters, brisket, neck and axillae Pickup and View kidneys (if present)
Inspection procedure for Kidneys
Pickup and view both sides
Inspection procedure for Head (edible)
View bucchal and pharynx
Inspection procedure for Tongue (edible)
View the tongue
Inspection procedure for Heart
Open the pericardium - view the heart
Inspection procedure for Lungs
Pickup and view both sides
View thymus (if saved for edible)
Trachea/lungs (if saved for edible) incise posterior third, perpendicular to main axes, incise trachea and main branches of bronchi
Inspection procedure for Liver
Pickup and view both sides
View the hepatic LN’s
Inspection procedure for GIT
View vell and intestines
View the spleen
View both surfaces of mesentery, oesophagus and pancreas (if saved for edible)
Inspection procedure for Testicles
View
List pathway of blood from mother to calf and back
- Placenta
- Umbilical Vein
- Umbilical Fissure
- Ductus Venosus
- Hepatic Veins
6ena Cava - Right Atrium
- Foramen Ovale
- Left Atrium
- Ductus Arteriosus
- Aorta
- Internal Iliac Arteries
- Umbilical Arteries
When would a carcass inspector notify a viscera inspector to take action (2)
When a disease or defect may be found
When a suspected disease or defect may be found
Head inspector procedure for tongue (inedible)
Petfood, otherwise condemn