Table 5 Reasons for whole carcass condemnations
From: Evaluation of Swiss slaughterhouse data for integration in a syndromic surveillance system
Pigs | Cattle | Small ruminants | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | E | N | E | N | E | |
Anthrax | - | - | - | <1 | - | - |
Blackleg | - | - | - | <1 | - | - |
Tuberculosis | <1 | - | <1 | - | - | - |
Salmonellosis | - | - | <1 | <1 | - | - |
TSE | - | - | <1 | <1 | - | - |
Actinobacillosis | - | <1 | <1 | <1 | - | - |
Lymphadenitis | <1 | - | <1 | <1 | <1 | - |
Tetanus | - | - | - | <1 | - | <1 |
Erysipelas | 4.8 | <1 | - | - | - | - |
Botulism | <1 | - | - | <1 | - | - |
Listeriosis | - | - | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 |
Sarcosporidiosis | <1 | <1 | 3.4 | <1 | 1.3 | - |
Cysticercosis | <1 | - | 1.7 | <1 | 1.1 | - |
SPSTBV | 6.5 | 6.8 | 10.5 | 11.6 | 5.25 | 9.6 |
Tumors | 1.3 | <1 | 1.4 | <1 | <1 | <1 |
Abcesses | 35.2 | 36.0 | 12.4 | 6.5 | 12.4 | 6.3 |
Severe injuries | <1 | 3.0 | 1.7 | 6.6 | <1 | 2.8 |
Pronounced weight loss | 2.6 | 5.8 | 8.5 | 8.9 | 23.0 | 15.4 |
Acute lesions | 22.3 | 21.6 | 23.0 | 14.6 | 15.2 | 17.8 |
Animal arrived dead | 3.0 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 |
Animal agonising | <1 | 4.3 | <1 | 4.2 | <1 | 4.4 |
No pre-mortem control | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | - | - |
Some parts not controlled | - | - | - | <1 | <1 | <1 |
Aged <7 days | - | - | <1 | <1 | - | - |
Contains risk material | - | - | - | <1 | - | - |
Animal not bled | <1 | <1 | <1 | 1.3 | <1 | 1.3 |
Soiled/heat-damaged | 2.8 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | - |
Colour of carcass | 2.9 | 3.5 | 6.5 | 6.9 | 7.0 | 6.1 |
Smell of carcass | 7.7 | 3.4 | 6.4 | 4.1 | 2.6 | 3.9 |
Texture of carcass | 2.0 | 4.6 | 10.2 | 9.7 | 11.4 | 10.4 |
Flavour of carcass | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | 1.3 |
Appearance of carcass | 5.1 | 6.7 | 8.8 | 12.6 | 6.1 | 11.2 |
> legal value | <1 | <1 | 1.3 | 4.6 | 10.1 | 7.1 |
Severe intoxication | - | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 |
Forbidden substance | <1 | <1 | <1 | 4.1 | <1 | <1 |
FPT | <1 | - | <1 | <1 | <1 | - |