Losses of both product quality and quantity during the critical pre-slaughter period are inevitable. These losses are the result of social, physical, environmental and nutritional stresses imposed on the animal between the farm/ feedlot and the abattoir knocking box. In the interests of animal welfare and beef quality, it is essential that effective management strategies be implemented to minim...

In March 2010, an outbreak of low pathogenicity avian influenza A (H10N7) occurred on a chicken farm in Australia. After processing clinically normal birds from the farm, 7 abattoir workers reported conjunctivitis and minor upper respiratory tract symptoms. Influenza virus A subtype H10 infection was detected in 2 workers.

During an abattoir survey 69 macroscopically healthy and 49 ulcerated stomachs belonging to pigs from 9 randomly chosen herds were collected for sampling, within 60 minutes of exsanguination. Duplicate tissue samples from the Pars oesophagea-cardiac (PO) junction and Fundic area (F) were collected from each stomach and placed in sterile jars containing absolute ethanol (PCR-analysis) or 10% for...

Liver samples of buffaloes infected with Fasciole gigantica were collected from the main abattoir of Hyderabad City. Histological studies of infected livers revealed severe damage resulting in disrupted hepatic cords, inflammation, atrophy and necrosis. Bile duct hyperplasia was prominent with proliferation of epithelial cells.

Abstract This essay is a broken elemental thing composed of cuts, by which meant outtakes. Outtakes are scenes or sequences that never make it into film. The collected here have been retrieved from the cutting floor editing suite in its author's mind and reassembled ways hold onto an ambitious claim—to think narrative cuts silences as interruptive forces operation writing imaginative rendering ...

BACKGROUND Bovine Taenia saginata cysticercus infections (also called bovine cysticercosis or beef measles) is usually diagnosed in cattle only during post-mortem meat inspection. The aim of this study was to investigate the identification rates of these infections in and to identify predictors/determinants of variations in the identification rates in abattoirs in Gauteng province, South Africa...

higher in the winter months, when the horse’s thicker coat makes an ideal microclimate for the louse. Reports from the USA (Jones and DiPietro 1996) and Canada (Wright 1999) state that infestations of domestic horses with lice are rare; this could be due to management practices, such as combing and clipping, or because of the use of broad-spectrum ectoparasiticides. However, lice are apparently...

African white-backed vultures (Gyps africanus) are critically endangered bird species which commonly found in areas where rubbish food sources and roosting and/or nesting sites available. This study assessed the population size threats of Wolkite town abattoir surrounding dumping site from April 2019 to March 2021. A total count method was employed assess analyzed using descriptive statistics. ...

Abattoir wastes can have a detrimental effect on the environment, public health, animal and economy of country if they are not effectively managed controlled. The bacteriological evaluation waste water from Kwata abattoir was carried out to determine bacterial load present generated is suitable for direct discharge into environment. A total two samples were aseptically collected, in which physi...

Abstract Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is a foodborne zoonotic pathogen and known as the causative agent of hepatitis in humans. The specific role porcine liver vehicle for human HEV infections has been highlighted different studies. Nevertheless, gaps knowledge still exist regarding possible cross-contamination both at consumer production level. Furthermore, people working food industry, e.g. veteri...