ESTUDO RETROSPECTIVO DAS CAUSAS DE CONDENAÇÕES DE RINS DE SUÍNOS ABATIDOS EM MATADOURO-FRIGORÍFICO DE SINOP, MT – 2008-2013

This study aimed to identify the main reasons for renal condemnation in a swine slaughterhouse. Data from the State Inspection Service from this industry located in Sinop, Mato Grosso State, in the period from January 2008 to December 2013, were used. A total of 415,312 pigs coming from municipalities located in the region were inspected. From these, 244,730 animals had some sort of postmortem condemnation. The main causes for condemnation (total and partial) were grouped according to the largest number of condemnations. The most frequent causes of condemnation were nephritis (37.78%), urinay cysts (18.68%) and uronephrosis (2.11%).