Osteomyelitis is the main reason behind complete carcass condemnation in ending pigs in Portugal, inflicting important financial losses in swine manufacturing.
Goal: The current research sought to find out a doable hyperlink between osteomyelitis in pig carcasses, pre-slaughter components, and concomitant autopsy inspection findings.
Strategies: For this function, meat inspection information had been collected from 100,489 ending pigs slaughtered in a northern Portuguese abattoir. Info relating to complete carcass condemnation, slaughter season, origin, intercourse, tail-biting lesions, and husbandry invasive procedures (tail docking and enamel resection) was collected.
Outcomes: The principle reason behind complete carcass condemnation was osteomyelitis (61.03%). A complete of 36.16% of osteomyelitis circumstances had been current within the anterior area and 52.20% within the posterior area. Within the anterior area, 94.78% of osteomyelitis circumstances had been within the mandibular bone. Pigs with clipped enamel and carcasses with pleurisies had been related to the next prevalence of osteomyelitis (p = 0.00262 and p < 0.0001, respectively). Second- and third-grade tail-biting lesions had been additionally linked to the next prevalence of osteomyelitis (p = 0.00128 and p < 0.0001, respectively).
Conclusion: Slaughter inspection and monitoring procedures ought to be revised to higher assess welfare components and correlate administration practices with the prevalence of osteomyelitis in pig carcasses.
Teiga-Teixeira, P.; Alves Rodrigues, M.; Moura, D.; Teiga-Teixeira, E.; Esteves, A. Osteomyelitis in Pig Carcasses at a Portuguese Slaughterhouse: Affiliation with Tail-Biting and Enamel Resection. Animals 2024, 14, 1794. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani14121794
