Secondary Meat Inspection

Question 1

Abnormal odour

Answer 1

Urine smell due to uraemia (nephritis)
Pathological contamination (pus contamination)
Acetone smell due to ketosis
Decomposition due to improper chilling
Gangrene
Metallic smells (copper due to parafilaria )

Question 2

Judgement if abnormal odour

Answer 2

Decomposition/putrefaction gangerne and pus contamination done based on risk to human health

Parafilaria,ketosis and uraemia condemnation done on basis of aesthetics

Lab tests - organoleptic test - smell and taste

Question 3

Abscess judgement ?

Answer 3

Most absences can be removed without capsule rupture

Any evidence if metastases, pyaemia septicaemia fever will be condemned

Remove without carcass contamination

Question 4

Actinobacillus judgement

Answer 4

Actinobacillus ligneressi

Condemn affected organ . Tongue and head
Any sign systemic total condemnation

Question 5

Anaplasmosis

Answer 5

Gallsickeness
Anaemia jaundice

Diagnosis by blood smear impression smear of spleen

Carcass usually condemned due to citrus and anaemia

Question 6

Anaemia

Answer 6

Blood watery diluted and carcass pale

Sever cases - total condemnation required due to aesthetics

Question 7

Arthritis

Answer 7

Increase in incidence- poor hygiene, over pop,broken cement floors

Pathology - enlarged joints,increased joint fluid,thickened joint capsules, involvement of lymph nodes,hyperplasia inflammation congestion

Acute or chronic arthritis may have zoonotic potential . Omg erysipelas .

Question 8

Judgement of Arthritis

Answer 8

Controversial

Single limb- I’d joint a severely swollen do not cut into joint in order to avoid unnecessary contamination

If draining ln involved with no signs of adjacent ln it can be assumed that arthritis remains localised to single joint without systemic spread

Open adjoining joints to confirm
Amputation of the affected unit us achieved by limb removal at the level of the next affected joint

The draining/ affected ln is removed too .

Hipjoint- joint must be sawed out without causing contamination

If 3 or 4 limbs - septic poly arthritis total condemnation in this case
Maybe if non infectious depending on scenario all four limbs can be amputated