MEAT INSPECTION Flashcards

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Acute pericarditis

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Chronic pericarditis

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Gangrenous pericarditis (complication of traumatic reticuloperitonitis)

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Vegetative valvular endocarditis

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Multiple liver abscesses

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Single liver abscess

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Fasciolosis (mild)

  • rounded liver due to enlarged dorsal lobes and atrophied ventral/caudal lobes
  • prominent bile ducts
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Fasciolosis (moderate)

  • rounded liver (enlarged dorsal lobes and atrophied caudal/ventral lobes)
  • prominent thickened calcified bile duct
  • scarring
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9
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Which parasite causes fasciolosis?

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Fasciola hepatica

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Fasciolosis (severe)

  • rounded enlarged liver
  • prominent distorted bile duct
  • severe scarring
  • fluke in bile duct if not adequate immune response
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What is the difference between cirrhosis and hepatic fibrosis?

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CIRRHOSIS: small, multinodular liver. Fibrosis with regeneration. Rare.

HEPATIC FIBROSIS: uniformly firm. No change in outline. Diffuse fibrosis with NO regeneration. eg. ragwort poisoning

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Hydatidosis

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What is the cause of hydatidosis?

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Intermediate stage of Echinococcus granulosa (dog tapeworm)

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Cysticercus tenuicollis

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Cysticercus tenuicollis (parasitic nodules)

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Hepatic lipidosis

  • friable
  • yellow/orange
  • swollen
  • smell of ketones?
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Telangiectasis

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Nutmeg liver

-from right sided heart failure-> chronic liver congestion, centrilobular necrosis and fibrosis

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Tension lipidosis

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Johnes disease

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What causes Johne’s disease?

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Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis

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Generalised peritonitis

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Interstitial nephritis

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Interstitial nephritis (white spot- acute)

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Pyelonephritis

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What causes pyelonephritis?

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Corynebacterium renale

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Pyelonephritis

-raised red foci (acute) or depressed white patches (chronic), extending into renal pelvis

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Amyloidosis

  • massively swollen kidney, yellow/orange
  • carcass may be oedematous due to protein loss
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Lipofuscinosis

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Renal infarct (acute = red, chronic = white)

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Renal cyst

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Malignant catarrhal fever (MCF)

-fiery red ulceration and necrosis

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Cysticercus bovis in heart muscle.

-small (10mm) grey caseous cysts

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Which parasite is Cysticercus bovis a part of?

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Intermediate stage of human tapeworm: Taenia saginata

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Where is C. bovis commonly found?

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Heart muscle, masseter m., diaphragm

36
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Which forms of cysticerosis are zoonotic?

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Cysticercus cellulosae (intermediate stage of pig tapeworm Taenia solium)

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Which parasite is Cysticercus cellolosae associated with?

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Intermediate stage of pig tapeworm Taenia solium

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Which parasite is Cysticercus ovis a part of?

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Larval form of dog tapeworm Taenia ovis.

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Which parasite is Cysticercus tenuicollis part of?

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Larval form of dog tapeworm Taenia hydatigena

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Cysticercus bovis in heart muscle

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Osteomyelitis (focal infections of opportunistic pathogens after fracture/broken teeth)

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Granulomatous lesions of actinobacillosis

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Actinobacillosis

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Actinomycosis

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Oral ulceration (usually traumatic cause eg. sharp molars)

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Acute bronchopneumonia

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Chronic suppurative pneumonia

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Gangrenous pneumonia

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Embolic pneumonia (multiple small abscesses RANDOMLY distributed)

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Septic embolic pneumonia

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Lungworm pneumonia with Dictyocaulus vivoparus (dark red depressed consolidation in caudal tips of lungs)

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Lungworm pneumonia (Muellaris capillaris- dark red consolidation all over lung surface)

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Which species of lungworm cause pneumonia and which is most common?

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Dictyocaulus vivoparus

Muellerius capillaris (V COMMON)

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Terminal emphysema

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Interstitial pneumonia (pale and rubbery, increased weight)

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Pleuritis (fibrin tags along caudal edge of lungs)

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Abberant fluke lesions

  • firm lesions
  • dead brown/red calcified parasite trapped in fibrous tissue
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Enzootic pneumonia in pigs

  • plum colopured lesions at apical and cardiac lobes
  • LN involvement
  • pleurisy and pericarditis
59
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What is the cause of Enzootic pneumonia?

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Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae

60
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Ovine pulmonary adenocarcinoma

61
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Which 3 catergories of cow have additional TB inspection requirements?

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  1. Slaughter cases- TB lesion found in routine PMI
  2. Inconclusive reactors
  3. Direct contact

(2+3 have TB55 notice)

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What is the cause of trichinellosis?

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Ingestion of muscle (eg. undercooked/raw meat) containing Trichinella spiralis larvae.

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Which animals need to be tested for trichinellosis?

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  1. Breeding domestic pigs
  2. Wild/farmed BOARS
  3. Solipeds
64
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Which animals don’t need to be tested for Trichinellosis?

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  • Domestic pigs kept for fattening
  • Meat from domestic pigs that underfoes freezing treatment
65
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What freezing treatments is meat from domestic pigs subjected to, to avoid trichinellosis testing?

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Meat <15cm

20 days at -15’C

10 days at -23’C

6 days at -29’C

Meat 15-50cm

30 days at -15’C

20 days at -25’C

12 days at -29’C

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What is the outcome for meat with only 1 viable Cysticercus lesion?

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Local rejection with remaining meat boned out under OV supervision and subjected to cold treatment:

  • 7’C, min 3 weeks
  • 10’C, min 2 weeks