producer packer Flashcards
National Beef Quality Audit
surveys to help see where changes need to be made in the beef industry
phase 1 of the NBQA
surveys of producers, packers, purveyors, retailors, restaurants
phase 2 of NBQA
in plant surveys to obtain carcass data
phase 3 of NBQA
strategy workshop of where industry should be heading
top 2 relative important quality factors
food safety
eating satisfaction
what has been the change in carcass weights and ribeye area size over time
increase in weight and size
lost opportunities in quality issues
Quality grade
yield grade
carcass weight
hide/branding
offal(liver abscess)
tapeworm cysts
larvae of tapeworm, causes little red bumps in meat(measle like)
cysticercus bovis
beef measles
cysticercus ovis
sheep measles
cysticercous cellulosae
pork measles
which animal does the tapeworm attack the brain in rather than the digestive tract
swine
ascarids(ascaris lumbricoides)
What?
Cause?
roundworm damage in pork
caused by unsanitary housing and fecal contamination
oesophagostomum columbianum(nodular disease)
What?
Cause?
roundworm damage in sheep
caused by failure to worm sheep, and unsanitary conditions
grubs
Cause?
larvae of heel fly
caused by failure to grub cattle,
cattle licks fly larvae, they migrate under skin and burrow out
what percent of cattle livers were condemned in 2016 due to liver abscesses
17.8