Transport Antimortem Inspection Flashcards
1
Q
Transport stressors
A
- water and feed
- physical fatigue
- sleep deprivation
- social disruption
- injuries
- motion
- noise
- wind chill
- heat stress
2
Q
Ems of when an animal is unfit for transport?
A
- lame (must weight bear on all 4 legs) > casualty animal must be signed off by vet, travel separately so can lie down - malnourished - SCC on back of animal - prolapse
3
Q
What is a casualty animal?
A
- emergency slaughter
- take slaughter to animal if poss
- ensure prompt stunning, bleeding and evisceration etc.
- trace back hx of case with aim of preventing reputation
4
Q
What are possible killing methods?
A
- pithing (NOT FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION LEGALLY)
- cut the throat
- cut aorta
5
Q
Antemortem inspection
A
- unfit for human consumption (medications, zoonoses, prolapse)
- welfare
6
Q
Is mastitis always painful? Does it have any other implications?
A
- not always
- may get trampled
7
Q
How are animals filed into single file physically?
A
- funne grace
- stepped race
- crowding pen
8
Q
How does poultry sampling differ to large numbers?
A
- sampling selection not every bird
9
Q
antemortem inspection poultry
A
- thermal physical comfort
- monitor DO A
- ID cause of death
- inspect live birds wrt DOA cause
- examine for trauma
- assess hanging-on waterbacth stunning
- assess disturbance between hanging on waterbacth
- check runts tx humanely ( legally now need 2 sizes of shackle)
- initiate preventative measures if issues
10
Q
How is stock handling in abattoirs managed?
A
- grooved concrete floor (multiple directions)
- expanding metal floor (change in floor consistency will stop them wanting to walk on it)
- welded rod overlay (if slip -> trauma)
- rubber tyre flooring
- light areas and shadows cause stress
- big steps up/down not good
- beware overhead distractions
- distant personnel
- overstocking v understocking
