In late February 1998, an outbreak of human trichinellosis occurred in the town of Piacenza (northern Italy) among 92 persons who had eaten raw horsemeat. The source of infection was a horse imported to the abattoir of Brescia one month previously. Although the horse had been found to be positive for trichinellosis upon routine examination, the head of an uninfected horse was exchanged with the...

Evidence of current and past Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) infection in dromedary camels slaughtered at an abattoir in Kano, Nigeria in January 2015, was sought by reverse transcription-quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR) and serology. MERS-CoV RNA was detected in 14 (11%) of 132 nasal swabs and antibody in 126 (96%) of 131 serum samples. Phylogenetic anal...

Postmortem survey of small ruminant pregnancy wastage was conducted at Kumasi Abattoir Ltd, Kaase. visits and investigations were on 16 randomly selected abattoir working days. All mature ewes does slaughtered days (mean = 71.69 animals/day) included in the study, giving a total 1,147 animals (301 846 does). The reproductive tracts study collected slaughter line uterus grossly inspected for pre...

________________________________________________________________________________ Abstract The effect on ostrich muscle quality of an additional thoracic stick (TS) to the normal ventral throat slit to bleed ostriches after electrical stunning was evaluated. The additional TS had no negative or positive effect on the drip loss, cooking loss, colour or pH and temperature readings of the fillet (M...

Outbreaks of Q fever continue to be recorded in abattoirs despite a protective vaccine being available. All accredited abattoirs in Queensland were surveyed to ascertain the number that conducted Q fever vaccination programs. Only ten of the 30 abattoirs had vaccination programs. Vaccination programs were present at all abattoirs with more than 360 employees. Thirty-seven per cent of abattoir e...

The prevalent microbial growth on carcasses before and after overnight cooling in an ostrich abattoir and de-boning plant was investigated. The effect of warm or cold trimming of the carcasses was examined together with possible causes of contamination along the processing line. An attempt was made to link the prevalent microorganisms that were identified from carcasses to those from specific e...

The effect of the Hygiene Assessment System (HAS) alone and the HAS combined with Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HAS + HACCP) on the bacteriological quality of beef in abattoirs were assessed. Sponge swab samples were collected from chilled beef carcasses for indicator organisms: Aerobic Plate Count (APC) and Enterobacteriaceae, and spoilage organisms, Pseudomonas spp. and lactic a...

The objective of this study was to confirm the presence and investigate the identity of Erysipelothrix spp. in condemned tissues obtained from a regional abattoir. Tissue specimens from 70 carcasses with macroscopic lesions suspect of swine erysipelas were collected at a regional abattoir in Iowa from October 2007 to February 2009. Erysipelothrix spp. culture isolation procedures were performed...

Leptospirosis is an important occupational disease in New Zealand. The objectives of this study were to determine risk factors for sero-prevalence of leptospiral antibodies in abattoir workers. Sera were collected from 567 abattoir workers and tested by microscopic agglutination for Leptospira interrogans sv. Pomona and Leptospira borgpetersenii sv. Hardjobovis. Association between prevalence a...