Characterising red viscera confiscation in an export slaughterhouse in Santander, Colombia
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https://doi.org/10.22579/20112629.592Keywords:
cattle, buffalo, Colombia, liver, lesion, lung, slaughterAbstract
Red viscera confiscation represents a significant cause of economic loss for the meat products’ trade. This study was aimed at determining the causes and epidemiological variables associated with red viscera confiscation in a slaughterhouse (FRIGORÍFICO RÍO FRÍO (FRF)) located in Floridablanca, in Colombia’s Santander department, and estimating the value of the economic losses associated with such confiscation. A cross-sectional study was carried out between November and December 2018 based on epidemiological information regarding all animals slaughtered at the FRF recorded after routine health inspection by Colombian Food and Drug Surveillance Institute (INVIMA) officials. Frequency analysis was used for estimating the main causes of and the epidemiological variables associated with red viscera confiscation whilst economic losses were estimated by national market analysis. It was found that red viscera were confiscated in 15.8% of 8,671 sacrificed cattle compared to 26.5% for 226 buffaloes. The lungs (87.4%), liver (11.1%) and spleen (0.6%) were the main organs seized for cattle and lungs (88.3%), liver (8.3%) and kidneys (1.7%) for buffaloes. Bronchoaspiration (86.6%) and emphysema (9.4%) were the main causes of confiscation regarding the lungs in both species while for the liver these were abscesses (40.5%) and hepatic dystomatosis (28.8%) in cattle and fatty liver (80.0%) and cirrhosis (20.0%) in buffaloes. There were significant differences regarding the percentage of cattle having hepatic dystomatosis amongst municipalities in the Santander department (χ²=50.03, p<0.05). Lung (4,886 USD) and liver confiscation (2,639 USD) led to the greatest economic losses; the lungs were the main organ confiscated in both species, mainly being associated with bronchoaspiration. Future intervention strategies are needed to reduce the livestock industry’s financial losses, aimed at reducing bronchoaspiration in animals in the slaughterhouse and interrupting Fasciola hepatica’s life-cycle in some municipalities in the Santander department.
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