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abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: The aim of the study is to provide an up-to date overall evaluation of visual
    contamination occurring on the slaughter line in order to provide a basis for
    implementing contamination control measures and to the hygienic quality of the
    processes. For this purpose, 627 contaminated pig carcasses in an industrial slaughterhouse
    in north western Germany were examined in 2021 for its distribution of type, areal
    extent and localization of slaughter contamination. Prior to official meat inspection,
    two persons visually scanned dorsal and ventral surfaces of the eviscerated but
    not yet split pig carcasses from cranial to caudal and recorded types, areal extent
    and localization of the contamination. The main contamination type were intestinal
    contents, bile, stomach contents, tubular rail fat and “others”, which mostly
    consisted of a reddish foam from the respiratory tract. 103 out of 627 contaminated
    animals showed more than one contamination, which leads to a total number of 754
    contaminations detected. Intestinal contents accounted for almost half of all
    contaminations and “others” for 30%. Forelimb, back and ham together counted for
    70% of the contaminated regions. The affected area was smaller than that of a
    one euro coin (diameter about 23 mm) in 86% of the cases.
article_number: '109365'
author:
- first_name: Janna
  full_name: Tholen, Janna
  id: '80924'
  last_name: Tholen
- first_name: J.
  full_name: Grosse-Kleimann, J.
  last_name: Grosse-Kleimann
- first_name: G.
  full_name: Schulze Althoff, G.
  last_name: Schulze Althoff
- first_name: L.
  full_name: Kreienbrock, L.
  last_name: Kreienbrock
- first_name: Matthias
  full_name: Upmann, Matthias
  id: '12666'
  last_name: Upmann
citation:
  ama: Tholen J, Grosse-Kleimann J, Schulze Althoff G, Kreienbrock L, Upmann M. Type,
    areal extent and localization of carcass contaminations during industrial pig
    slaughter. <i>Meat Science</i>. 2023;208(2). doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.meatsci.2023.109365">10.1016/j.meatsci.2023.109365</a>
  apa: Tholen, J., Grosse-Kleimann, J., Schulze Althoff, G., Kreienbrock, L., &#38;
    Upmann, M. (2023). Type, areal extent and localization of carcass contaminations
    during industrial pig slaughter. <i>Meat Science</i>, <i>208</i>(2), Article 109365.
    <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.meatsci.2023.109365">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.meatsci.2023.109365</a>
  bjps: <b>Tholen J <i>et al.</i></b> (2023) Type, Areal Extent and Localization of
    Carcass Contaminations during Industrial Pig Slaughter. <i>Meat Science</i> <b>208</b>.
  chicago: Tholen, Janna, J. Grosse-Kleimann, G. Schulze Althoff, L. Kreienbrock,
    and Matthias Upmann. “Type, Areal Extent and Localization of Carcass Contaminations
    during Industrial Pig Slaughter.” <i>Meat Science</i> 208, no. 2 (2023). <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.meatsci.2023.109365">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.meatsci.2023.109365</a>.
  chicago-de: Tholen, Janna, J. Grosse-Kleimann, G. Schulze Althoff, L. Kreienbrock
    und Matthias Upmann. 2023. Type, areal extent and localization of carcass contaminations
    during industrial pig slaughter. <i>Meat Science</i> 208, Nr. 2. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.meatsci.2023.109365">10.1016/j.meatsci.2023.109365</a>,
    .
  din1505-2-1: '<span style="font-variant:small-caps;">Tholen, Janna</span> ; <span
    style="font-variant:small-caps;">Grosse-Kleimann, J.</span> ; <span style="font-variant:small-caps;">Schulze
    Althoff, G.</span> ; <span style="font-variant:small-caps;">Kreienbrock, L.</span>
    ; <span style="font-variant:small-caps;">Upmann, Matthias</span>: Type, areal
    extent and localization of carcass contaminations during industrial pig slaughter.
    In: <i>Meat Science</i> Bd. 208. London [u.a.], Elsevier BV (2023), Nr. 2'
  havard: J. Tholen, J. Grosse-Kleimann, G. Schulze Althoff, L. Kreienbrock, M. Upmann,
    Type, areal extent and localization of carcass contaminations during industrial
    pig slaughter, Meat Science. 208 (2023).
  ieee: 'J. Tholen, J. Grosse-Kleimann, G. Schulze Althoff, L. Kreienbrock, and M.
    Upmann, “Type, areal extent and localization of carcass contaminations during
    industrial pig slaughter,” <i>Meat Science</i>, vol. 208, no. 2, Art. no. 109365,
    2023, doi: <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.meatsci.2023.109365">10.1016/j.meatsci.2023.109365</a>.'
  mla: Tholen, Janna, et al. “Type, Areal Extent and Localization of Carcass Contaminations
    during Industrial Pig Slaughter.” <i>Meat Science</i>, vol. 208, no. 2, 109365,
    2023, <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.meatsci.2023.109365">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.meatsci.2023.109365</a>.
  short: J. Tholen, J. Grosse-Kleimann, G. Schulze Althoff, L. Kreienbrock, M. Upmann,
    Meat Science 208 (2023).
  ufg: '<b>Tholen, Janna u. a.</b>: Type, areal extent and localization of carcass
    contaminations during industrial pig slaughter, in: <i>Meat Science</i> 208 (2023),
    H. 2.'
  van: Tholen J, Grosse-Kleimann J, Schulze Althoff G, Kreienbrock L, Upmann M. Type,
    areal extent and localization of carcass contaminations during industrial pig
    slaughter. Meat Science. 2023;208(2).
date_created: 2025-06-24T12:08:29Z
date_updated: 2025-06-25T12:40:42Z
department:
- _id: DEP4029
doi: 10.1016/j.meatsci.2023.109365
external_id:
  isi:
  - '001111539700001'
  pmid:
  - '37939509'
intvolume: '       208'
isi: '1'
issue: '2'
keyword:
- Abattoir
- Slaughter hygiene
- Evisceration
- Pork production
- Pig carcass contamination
- Fecal contamination
- Bile contamination
- Meat inspection
language:
- iso: eng
place: London [u.a.]
pmid: '1'
publication: Meat Science
publication_identifier:
  eissn:
  - 1873-4138
  issn:
  - 0309-1740
publication_status: published
publisher: Elsevier BV
quality_controlled: '1'
status: public
title: Type, areal extent and localization of carcass contaminations during industrial
  pig slaughter
type: scientific_journal_article
user_id: '83781'
volume: 208
year: '2023'
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