Risk factors for whole carcass condemnations in the Swiss slaughter cattle population.

We used meat-inspection data collected over a period of three years in Switzerland to evaluate slaughterhouse-level, farm-level and animal-level factors that may be associated with whole carcass condemnation (WCC) in cattle after slaughter. The objective of this study was to identify WCC risk factor...

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Main Authors: Flavie Vial, Sara Schärrer, Martin Reist
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4406524?pdf=render