Causes of dromedary (Camelus dromedaries) carcass and organ condemnation at slaughter and its economic importance: 5-year retrospective study, Isfahan province, Iran

•Cystic echinococcosis was the primary cause of liver and lung condemnation.•Oedema and cachexia were the primary cause of whole carcass condemnation.•Over the 5 year period, >51,000 USD in loss were due to carcass and organ condemnation.•Addressing the causes of condemnation via changes in manag...

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Veröffentlicht in:Small ruminant research 2021-08, Vol.201, p.106440, Article 106440
Hauptverfasser: Hajipour, Nasser, Rashidzadeh, Habib Allah, Montazeri, Rohollah, Sabzi, Mohsen, Ketzis, Jennifer
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Zusammenfassung:•Cystic echinococcosis was the primary cause of liver and lung condemnation.•Oedema and cachexia were the primary cause of whole carcass condemnation.•Over the 5 year period, >51,000 USD in loss were due to carcass and organ condemnation.•Addressing the causes of condemnation via changes in management will improve welfare and decrease production loss. A 5-year retrospective study in dromedaries (Camelus dromedarius) slaughtered in abattoirs was carried out in Isfahan province, central Iran to identify the major causes for condemnation of carcasses and viscera. The economic importance of lost meat and offal also were estimated. Between April 2014 and April 2019, 17,336 dromedaries were slaughtered in the study area; the lungs of 4,002 (23.08 %, Mean ± SEM: 27.27 ± 2.2), the livers of 1,726 (9.96 %, Mean ± SEM: 13.65 ± 1.42), the carcasses of 46 (0.27 %, Mean ± SEM: 0.37 ± 0.06) and the kidneys of 113 (0.65 %, Mean ± SEM: 0.75 ± 0.11) of these animals were condemned. More organs and carcasses were condemned in spring (43.71 %) and winter (39.35 %) than in summer or autumn (p 
ISSN:0921-4488
1879-0941
DOI:10.1016/j.smallrumres.2021.106440