NR AWVK

AU Ramantanis,S.B.; Madziosmanovic,M.; Stubicau,D.

TI Preventive measure against possible BSE-hazard: Irreversible electrical cattle stunning - a review

QU Veterinarski Arhiv 2005; 75(1): 83-100

IA http://www.vef.hr/vetarhiv/papers/2005-75-1-11.pdf

PT review

AB During stunning the entrance of the bolt into the cranial cavity results in massive brain tissue damage. There is a risk of brain tissue particles being transferred via the blood flow in the minor blood circulation system. This can lead to contamination of blood, lungs and heart with the BSE agent. Tissues of CNS carry almost all of the infectivity in cattle sub-clinically and clinically affected by BSE. The approved rapid post-mortem tests cannot identify BSE-infected animals early in the incubation period. Thus it is not inconceivable that an animal with a negative rapid test result could, if stunned by a method that produced emboli, still have BSE-infected emboli dispersed througth the venous blood stream, the lungs and the heart. Two systems for electrical stunning of cattle are presented. The replacement of the penetrative stunning method with cardiac arrest stunning in regions where BSE is present, will prevent the risk of dissemination of brain particles into the blood and carcass.

AD S. B. Ramantanis: Department of Food Technology, Technological Educational Institution (T.E.I.) of Athens, Greece; M. Hadziosmanovic: Department of Hygiene and Technology of Foodstuffs of Animal Origin, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zagreb, Croatia; D. Stubican: Library, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zagreb, Croatia

SP englisch

PO Kroatien

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