meat judgement

Question 1

knowledge of meat inspection procedures

Answer 1

• AM (cleanliness, pain, injury, movement, basically if fit to slaughter)
• farming conditions
• PM (if allowed to be consumed by humans)

Question 2

actinomycosis

Answer 2

AM - lumpy jaw, ulcerations, difficulty breathing,
judgement
- slight and confined to 1 LN = LN removed, rest fine
- tongue disease + no LN = tongue removed, rest fine

Question 3

actinobacillosis

Answer 3

AM - swollen tongue, enlarged LN, chewing and salivating
PM - wooden tongue, fibrous consistency, cluster of yellowish nodules

Question 4

brucellosis

Answer 4

AM = swelling of scrotum
judgement = cattle and horse can be used, unless abortion type then NO

Question 5

leptospirosis

Answer 5

AM - loss of appetite, fever, mastitis, milk yellow, clotted
PM - anaemia, jaundice, sepsis, haemorrhage
- judge - acute = condemned, chronic may be used

Question 6

listeria

Answer 6

AM = encephalitis, fever, abortion
PM “ “ sepsis, all UNFIT

Question 7

salmonella

Answer 7

• AM = sepsis, enteritis
  PM = “ “
  judgement - condemned

Question 8

TB

Answer 8

AM - no specific symptoms
PM - granulomas, lesions everywhere
Judge - leison in just LN + 1 other organ = remove that part everything fine
- lesions several organs = unfit

Question 9

swine eryspelas

Answer 9

judge = erythema/diffuse condemned on AM

Question 10

cysticerosis

Answer 10

bovine - infected with larvae unfit, unaffected parts allowed after freezing

pig same as cow

Question 11

trichinella

Answer 11

sampling at slaughter and invaded meat is condemneted

Question 12

poultry meat

Answer 12

salmonella + campylobacter - no clinical manifestation
PM - hepatitis, arthritis = condemned
fracture - part condemned

welfare - 0= no ulceration, 1 = mild, 2 = severe
50 chickens from 1/3 of slaughtering groups