Presentation Requirements

Question 1

What are the presentation requirements for the GIT?

Answer 1

Must be…
Separated from the carcass.

ID’d with the CVS

Placed on the correct viscera tray

Not punctured (paunch, bladder, intestines)

Intact

Have bung removed

Liver should be removed

Question 2

Liver presentation requirements?

Answer 2

Should be

separated from the GIT

ID’d with the CCS

Intact, hepatic lymph nodes present, gall bladder attached

Lobes must be intact

Question 3

Pluck presentation

Answer 3

Must be

Separated from the CCS and placed in correct tray

ID’d with the CCS

Must not be removed or incised prior to inspection

Mediastinal LN must be presented

The heart Should be separated from pericardium

Question 4

Kidney presentation requirements

Answer 4

Should be removed from CCS

Must be ID’d with the CCS

Both kidneys must be present and enucleated

Must be intact

Must not be incised prior to inspection( a small nick is ok)

Question 5

CCS presentation

Answer 5

Must be

ID’d with viscera/head

Should be Intact. No missing parts

Kept separate from other CCS, no touching each other

The kidneys, diaphragm and tail may be left attached or placed in tray

Obviously diseased CCS must receive as complete a work up as possible

Must be fully skinned, feet off, viscera removed

No obvious disease to be removed before inspection

Question 6

Head and tongue

Nothing saved requirements

Answer 6

If not saved for edible nothing needs to be saved

Question 7

Tongue only requirements

Answer 7

Separated from the CCS

Placed (batch)

ID’d (green ring)

Head not required

Question 8

Head presentation requirements

Answer 8

Must be separated from CCS

Placed upside down in viscera tray

ID’d with the the CCS

Fully skinned head

Tongue dropped

Lymph nodes must be present and intact

Obviously diseased heads must receive as complete a work up as possible