meat inspection

Question 1

LN

Answer 1

check for changes, consistency size and shape
cervicll superficial, popliteal, ischi and auxiliary

Question 2

bovine BM

Answer 2

1. blood
2. head
3. lungs
4. heart
5. liver
6. GI
   others

Question 3

bovine head

Answer 3

1. tongue (actinobacillus)
2. nervous tissue (prion)
3. masseter (cystericrosis)
4. LN (TB)

Question 4

LN cattle

Answer 4

<8 months = retropharyngeal LN palpation
>8 months = “ “ incise, if necessary mandibular and parotid

Question 5

masseter cattle

Answer 5

2 parallel with mandibular
1 cut into pterygoideus
cows > 8 months

Question 6

lungs cattle

Answer 6

• trachea and oesophagus = visual inspection
• lungs = palpation and inspection all cattle
• LN = mediastinal and bronchial (Cut in >8m)
• open trachea + bronchi + caudal 3rd lung

Question 7

heart cattle

Answer 7

• open ventricles - endocardium, valves, consistency
• open septum = cysticercosis
• cattle >8m

Question 8

liver cattle

Answer 8

<8 months visual
> 8 months visual and if necessary cut

Question 9

GI cattle

Answer 9

visual inspection in young, palpation in older

Question 10

PM in pigs

Answer 10

head mouth pharynx and tongue = visual
LN in GI if necessary (risk based)