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OTHER PROPERTIES
AND ABNORMALITIES
OF MEAT
Colour
CHANGES IN COLOUR-YELLOW
CHANGES IN COLOUR-YELLOW
PATHOLOGIC
Joints
Tendons
Fat deposits
Serous membranes
Aorta ascendens
Sternum
CHANGES IN COLOUR-YELLOW
Judgement:
PIGMENTATION: BLACK
Approved for h.c. (If they are in low number and easily can be
removed) (It is suggested for industrial processing)
METHODS
5 alpha androszteron
Skatole
Warm meat Most intensive
Judgement after 24 h chilling, boiling test
Intravital
Perforation of rumen-reticulum
uraemia,
ascaridosis,
purrulent-suppurative, and lab findings,
stuffiness,
medicines, chemical subst.)
Ventillation ( at 7C or -18C)
Emaciated:
The musculature is soft, light red, wet
surface, fat around kidneys is in reduced
quantity and is hardening upon chilling but at
some areas it is substituted for gelatinous
material. pH is not characteristic.
In EU: Condemned
Cachexy:
The bulk of musculature is reduced
Muscles are soft with oedematic feature
(palpation)
There is no adipose depots and are
substituted for gelatinous material
Internal organs are smaller
pH is not characteristic
Judgement: Condemned for h.c.
IMPERFECT BLEEDING
Rotting
Aerobe rotting
Aerobe rotting
Judgement:
Anaerobe
ANAEROBE (Clostridia)
Rotting
Stuffiness
stuffiness
Oedema with good body condition, sets well, dried out during
12 hours rest: approved for human consumption