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Inspection of Poultry
In the UK we eat over 25kg of poultry meat per person per year and over
850million broiler chickens are slaughtered to meet the demand
The health and welfare of these birds is protected by the veterinary
surgeons who work in poultry research, disease surveillance and for the
Meat Hygiene Service
This is a guide to the common pathological conditions encountered in the
modern processing plant
H Thompson
R Irvine
D J Taylor
W Steele
Stage 1
Stage 2
Stage 3 Inspection after evisceration ------ the carcase and internal organs
Ascites (water-belly,
congestive heart failure)
The birds are stunned unconscious and bled by the automatic cutters
There is a manual backup before the carcases of the dead birds are dipped into the scald tank
to help loosen feathers
Still in the shackles the feathers are removed by the mechanical plucking machines
The carcases are now ready for first visual inspection
Stunned birds
Disease findings
Waterbelly
Emaciation
Dermatitis ( breast blisters, ruptured air sacs plantar pododermatitis
Anaemia and jaundice
Redneck
Poor defeathering
Trauma
Trauma
Broken wing
Ruptured gastronemius
Shackling damage
Overscald
Overscald
Fractured tibia/fibula
Faecal contamination
Water belly
Emaciation (abnormal thinness caused by lack of nutrition or by disease ) and congestion ( an excessive or
abnormal accumulation of blood or other fluid in a body part or blood vessel )
COLIFORM CELLULITIS
Is a bacterial disease causing chickens to develop plaques in their
skin.
It is caused by Escherichia coli. Chickens with skin trauma, especially
scratches, have poor feathering and/or in crowded conditions are more
predisposed to coliform cellulitis.
See more at:
http://www.poultrydvm.com/condition/poultry-coliform-cellulitis
Coliform cellulitis
Coliform cellulitis
Contact dermatitis
Several forms of contact dermatitis are recognised
including plantar pododermatitis, hock burn, breast burn
or scabby hip
The common link is poor litter management.
The lesions start as ulcers or abrasions on the affected
part which become filled with black scabs of necrotic
debris, bacteria and plant material.
Contact dermatitis
Hock burn
Contact dermatitis
Hock burn
Contact dermatitis
Contact dermatitis
Pododermatitis
Contact dermatitis
Plantar pododermatitis
minor and severe
stages
Disease findings
Water belly
Colibacillosis : perihepatitis, pericarditis
Hepatitis
Coccidiosis
Congenital defects
Ascites
Ascites
E coli septicaemia
Peri-hepatitis
Pericarditis
Pericarditis
Hepatitis
Coccidia
Coliform cellulitis
Carcase grading
Kidneys
Bursa Fabricius
Purchasers complaint
Spiced kidney
Abscess in breast
muscle
XN 2875
XN 2875
XN 3160
A customer returns a
piece of fresh
discoloured chicken
from a supermarket
Raw chicken as presented
Fixed piece of same chicken showing distinctive green colour of pectoral myopathy
XN 3160