FCI + Ante-mortem Flashcards
Why are ante-mortem inspections carried out?
- Animal Welfare
- Animal health
- Public health
What has to be done (pre-requisites) for ante-mortem in the abbatoir?
- Traceability met
- Food chain info
- Adequate facilities for examination - lighting, facilities (crush, detention pen)
- Operational requirements - adequate training (AWO)
What can be used for traceability?
- ear tags
- passport
- slap marks
- Movement licences
- Transponder
What does the food chain information include?
- Health status of animal
- Withdrawal periods have been observed
- Movement restrictions (TB or other disease) to the holding area
- More extensive in chickens
Who’s responsible for obtaining all the food chain information?
- Food business operator
Who audits the FBO’s decisions?
*Official Veterinarian (OV)
What should be done if all the food chain information isn’t received within 24hours of the animals arrival at the slaughter house?
- All meat from the animal is to be declared unfit for human consumption
Where is scrapie testing samples from?
- Brainstem
- Cerebellum
What should be tested for trichonella?
- Breeding domestic swine (sows + boars)
- Wild boar (any age)
- Solipeds (any age)
- all pigs that have not been reared in premises officially considered to apply controlled housing conditions
What are signs of beta-agonists in live animals?
- Good conformation + little fat
- Hyperaethesia and tachycardia
- PM - flaccidity of the trachea
- Should collect an urine sample
What are signs of hormone growth promoters in live animals?
- Secondary sexual characteristics
- Teat development
- Restlessness
- Behavioural changes
- Mounting
- Aggression
- Even finish in a group of different breed/types
- Should collect blood + urine or faeces
What animals are unfit for transport?
- Unable to move independently without pain or assistance
- present a severe open wound or prolapse
- pregnant females for whom 90% or more of the expected gestation period
- Newborn and navel not completely healed
- Calves less than ten days of age
How long can animals be held in the lairage?
- 48hours
What can impede further processing?
- Dead on arrival
- Dead in lairage
- No FCI and/or traceability
- No ante-mortem inspection by OV
What should be done if an animal is found dead on arrival?
- Should be reported to APHA as a suspected Welfare in Transport case
- post-mortem performed by APHA should the case result in a prosecution
- The owner must be informed + allowed own veterinarian to be present in post-mortem examination
