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Table 1 Prevalence of individual condemnation conditions at the batch or individual broiler carcass level for twenty-three condemnation categories collected in January, May and September 2015–2017. In total 14,045 batches were considered here, including 77,640,763 individual broilers. Note*: ‘other farm’ category included Oregon and muscle myopathies

From: Enhancing the value of meat inspection records for broiler health and welfare surveillance: longitudinal detection of relational patterns

Condemnation condition

Code

Condemnation outcome type

Number of batches with at least one carcass condemned (%)

Number of carcasses with individual condemnations (%)

Abnormal colour

ABN

whole carcass

13,843 (98.56 %)

328,611 (0.42 %)

Ascites

AST

whole carcass

13,906 (99.01 %)

379,384 (0.49 %)

Bruising

BRU

whole carcass

8457 (60.21 %)

19,645 (0.03 %)

Cellulitis

CEL

whole carcass

11,469 (81.65 %)

91,059 (0.12 %)

Dead On Arrival

DOA

whole carcass

13,123 (93 %)

101,266 (0.13 %)

Dermatitis

DER

whole carcass

6082 (43.3 %)

26,890 (0.03 %)

Emaciation

EMA

whole carcass

3088 (22.19 %)

6684 (0.01 %)

Evisceration Runts

EVR

whole carcass

4598 (32 %)

33,540 (0.04 %)

Foliculitis

FOL

whole carcass

1 (0.01 %)

6 (0 %)

Heard Breast

HB

whole carcass

11,031 (78 %)

121,045 (0.16 %)

Hepatitis

HEP

whole carcass

96 (0.68 %)

405 (0 %)

Intake runts

IR

whole carcass

2351 (16 %)

9711 (0.01 %)

Jaundice

JND

whole carcass

1049 (7.46 %)

1442 (0 %)

Joint lesions

JNT

whole carcass

67 (0.48 %)

155 (0 %)

Partial - Hearts

Prtheart

partial

7920 (56.39 %)

34,440 (0.04 %)

Partial - Livers

Prtliv

partial

12,318 (87.7 %)

102,530 (0.13 %)

Pericarditis

PCS

whole carcass

2538 (18.07 %)

5319 (0.01 %)

Perihepatitis

PHS

whole carcass

11,578 (82.44 %)

71,144 (0.09 %)

Peritonitis

PTS

whole carcass

2689 (19.15 %)

4328 (0.01 %)

Other farm*

FOT

whole carcass

1450 (10.32 %)

16,901 (0.02 %)

Respiratory conditions

RES

whole carcass

3 (0.02 %)

4 (0 %)

Skin conditions

SKN

whole carcass

1115 (7.94 %)

5055 (0.01 %)

Tumours

TUM

whole carcass

10,993 (78.27 %)

36,050 (0.05 %)