Lesson 9: slaughter procedures for cattle, carabao & horses

Question 1

before actual slaughter this process is paramount for minimizing animal stress & ensuring meat quality.

Answer 1

pre-slaughter handling

Question 2

4 pre-slaughter handling:

Answer 2

1. resting - 12-24 hours
2. water & feed
3. gentle handling
4. inspection

Question 3

this are often recommended in pre-slaughter handling for a few hours before slaughter to reduce risk of contamination during evisceration

Answer 3

withold feeding

Question 4

what are the 3 types of stunning method

Answer 4

1. captive bolt stunning
2. electrical stunning
3. gas stunning

Question 5

this delivers a forceful blow to the animals head, causing immediate unconsicousness (cattle, carabao, & horses)

Answer 5

captive bolt stunning

Question 6

electric current is applied to animals head typicallt used in swine

Answer 6

electrical stunning

Question 7

exposed animals to a controlled atmosphere of CO2 that leads to unconsciousness

Answer 7

gas stunning

Question 8

here the animals is killed by severing the major bloof vessels in the neck, leading to rapid blood loss & death. This process is called sticking

Answer 8

Sticking

Question 9

what are the 6. post-slaughter operation?

Answer 9

1. bleeding
2. skinning/flaying
3. evisceration
4. inspection
5. splitting/quartering
6. chilling

Question 10

here animals is hung upside down, allowing a complete blood drainage. This helps prevent spoilage & meat color

Answer 10

bleeding

Question 11

hide is remove from the carcass, this process is done carefully to avoid damaging the meat,

Answer 11

skinning/flaying

Question 12

in this process the carcass is then split into halves or quarters depending on the intended used of the meat

Answer 12

splitting/quarterng

Question 13

cattle uses C. bolt stunning, for post slaughter inspector must focus on?

Answer 13

1. bovine tuberculosis
2. bruclellosis
3. johne’s diseases
4. mastitis

Question 14

in carabao all 4 types of stunning method can be used; for post slaughter inspector must focus on common signs of disease common to water buffalo

Answer 14

1. Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) ..
2. Rinderpest.
3. Malignant Catarrhal Fever
4. Infectious Bovine Rhinotracheitis.
5. Bovine Viral Diarrhea.
6. Blue Tongue. …

Question 15

in horses c. bolt stunning is commonly used, but challenging due to horses skittish nature. This process is commonly performed on horses to determine the cause of deat, particularly in the cases of sudden or unexpected death

Answer 15

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