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Biblioteca(s): | Embrapa Suínos e Aves.
Data corrente: | 01/11/2019
Data da última atualização: | 01/11/2019
Autoria: | DALLA COSTA, O. A.; DALLA COSTA, F. A.; FEDDERN, V.; LOPES, L. dos S.; COLDEBELLA, A.; GREGORY, N. G.; LIMA, G. J. M. M. de.
Afiliação: | OSMAR ANTONIO DALLA COSTA, CNPSA; FILIPE ANTÔNIO DALLA COSTA, UNESP/Jaboticabal; VIVIAN FEDDERN, CNPSA; LETICIA DOS SANTOS LOPES, CNPSA; ARLEI COLDEBELLA, CNPSA; NEVILLE GEORGE GREGORY, Royal Veterinary College; GUSTAVO JULIO MELLO M. DE LIMA, CNPSA.
Título: | Risk factors associated with pig pre-slaughtering losses.
Ano de publicação: | 2019
Fonte/Imprenta: | Meat Science, v. 155, p. 61-68, 2019.
DOI: | 10.1016/j.meatsci.2019.04.020
Idioma: | Inglês
Conteúdo: | Abstract: The incidence of non-ambulatory non-injured (NANI), non-ambulatory injured (NAI) and dead pigs on-arrival at three Brazilian slaughterhouses were evaluated in 37,962 pigs to identify risk factors linked to them, besides carcass bruises and limb fractures. Total pre-slaughtering losses were 1.18%, in which NAI (0.39%) and NANI (0.37%) incidences contributed the most. A positive relation between on farm steeper ramp slope > 20° and the incidence of NAI, NANI and dead pigs at unloading was found. Farm size, pigs/pen, enthalpy at loading, transportation time, truck loading order, muscle thickness and carcass weight, were identified as risk factors for pre-slaughtering losses. Loading procedures influenced the occurrence of limb fractures and bruises (which are a welfare issue and should be reduced). Therefore, personal training on pre-slaughter handling is essential to reduce the risk factors to improve animal welfare and avoid losses during the pre-slaughter process.
Palavras-Chave: | Bem-estar animal; Bruises; Dead on-arrival; Descarregamento; Fatigued pigs; Non-ambulatory pigs; Pré-abate.
Thesagro: | Suíno; Transporte.
Thesaurus Nal: | Animal welfare; Carcass condemnation; Contusions; Slaughter; Swine.
Categoria do assunto: | --
Registro original: | Embrapa Suínos e Aves (CNPSA)
Exemplares: | CNPSA - (21672-1) - UPC - AP - DD -  -  -  - DIS