Prevalence and characteristics of bruises of beef cattle carcasses from two regions of northwest Mexico

An abstract of a study by Sanchez-Perez et al characterizing bruises in bovine carcasses in a Federal Inspection Type slaughter house in the North and Central regions of Sinaloa, Mexico is presented. Seventy-six percent of the carcasses presented bruises, 40% from the North region and 36% from the C...

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Published inJournal of animal science Vol. 95; p. 13
Main Authors Sanchez-Perez, J N, Rios-Rincon, F G, Leyva-Medina, K H, Robles-Estrada, J C, Portillo-Loera, J J
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Champaign Oxford University Press 01.08.2017
Subjects
Abattoirs
Beef
Carcasses
Cattle
Injuries
Inspection
Sinaloa Mexico
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Summary:An abstract of a study by Sanchez-Perez et al characterizing bruises in bovine carcasses in a Federal Inspection Type slaughter house in the North and Central regions of Sinaloa, Mexico is presented. Seventy-six percent of the carcasses presented bruises, 40% from the North region and 36% from the Central region (P = 0.001). The anatomical site most affected was the loin (47%) followed by ribs (44%). The most common shape bruises were circular, 29.41% in the North region and 32.81% in the Central region (P = 0.01). Small size bruises were the most frequent (26.92 and 31.22%; P = 0.005) for the Central and North regions, respectively. Finally, bruises of grade 1 represented 32.58 and 34.84% (P = 0.02) for Central and North regions, respectively.
ISSN:0021-8812
1525-3163
DOI:10.2527/asasann.2017.025