Table 3.
Number and proportion of cattle concerned by condemned portions and reasons for condemnation
Number of animals | Percentage of condemnations (%) | |
---|---|---|
Condemned portion |
|
|
Liver |
257,377 |
67.52 |
Kidneys |
73,310 |
19.23 |
Lungs |
68,976 |
18.10 |
Viscera |
57,300 |
15.03 |
Part of the carcass |
48,841 |
12.81 |
Heart |
38,515 |
10.10 |
Head |
29,993 |
7.87 |
Udder |
20,155 |
5.29 |
Tongue |
14,728 |
3.86 |
Whole carcass |
13,074 |
3.43 |
Reason for condemnation |
|
|
Abscess |
89,795 |
18.76 |
Liver fluke |
72,059 |
15.06 |
Preventive reason for condemnation1 |
45,719 |
9.55 |
Sclerosis |
38,621 |
8.07 |
Macular telangiectasia |
31,639 |
6.61 |
Nephritis |
29,290 |
6.12 |
Other reason for condemnation2 |
19,921 |
4.16 |
Cyst |
16,951 |
3.54 |
Peritonitis |
13,753 |
2.87 |
Bronchopneumonia |
13,442 |
2.81 |
Infiltration |
13,252 |
2.77 |
Arthritis |
11,362 |
2.37 |
Fecal contamination |
11,243 |
2.35 |
Steatosis |
10,718 |
2.24 |
Other deterioration3 |
10,482 |
2.19 |
Lung emphysema |
8,432 |
1.76 |
Pericarditis |
8,282 |
1.73 |
Myopathy |
7,780 |
1.63 |
Meat with abnormal maturation |
5,558 |
1.16 |
Local muscular cysticercosis | 5,132 | 1.07 |
1 “Preventive reason for condemnation” was assigned to carcass portion/organ that was not submitted for a post-mortem inspection or for offal that was condemned on the slaughter line when the carcass and its offal were detained.
2 “Other reason for condemnation” is not the result of the merging of existing reasons for condemnation. This was a possible reason for condemnation voluntarily chosen by an official inspector.
3 “Other deterioration” included hemorrhagic lesions of lungs or muscles linked to problems in the slaughtering process; superficial and deep putrefaction.
Only reasons for condemnation and portions representing at least 1% of the animals are presented. Each animal can have more than one portion of the carcass condemned but each part of the carcass can be linked to only one reason for condemnation.