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. 2013 Apr 30;9:88. doi: 10.1186/1746-6148-9-88

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.