Classification of Vertebral Osteomyelitis and Associated Judgment Applied during Post-Mortem Inspection of Swine Carcasses in Portugal

Classification of Vertebral Osteomyelitis and Associated Judgment Applied during Post-Mortem Inspection of Swine Carcasses in Portugal

Vertebral osteomyelitis (VO) it is often a suppurative lesion that, in Portugal, represents the main cause of total condemnation of slaughtered finishing pigs. Based on the EU Meat Inspection legislation, meat from generalized VO cases presenting signs of pyemia should be declared unfit for human co...

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Main Authors: Madalena Vieira-Pinto, Joana Azevedo, Patrícia Poeta, Isabel Pires, Lüppo Ellebroek, Ricardo Lopes, Manuel Veloso, Lis Alban
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-10-01
Series:Foods
Subjects:
vertebral osteomyelitis
meat inspection
post-mortem
inspection
pigs
lesions
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/9/10/1502

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