Dispatch .

[2130martin]

You do know that Bovine TB carcasses go into the food chain every day......

 

[grumpyoldsod]

You do know that Bovine TB carcasses go into the food chain every day......

Is that all carcasses or just the ones that have been reactors etc when tested but show no signs of TB when slaughtered ??

I think that we all know that the test is unreliable and the majority of animals that are culled are false reactions , I have always understood that any that are found to have lesions are removed from the food chain and destroyed

 

[2130martin]

Is that all carcasses or just the ones that have been reactors etc when tested but show no signs of TB when slaughtered ??

All of them.....

 

[devon deer stalker]

All of them.....

Yep, that is how i understand it as well.
Cheers
Richard

 

[2130martin]

DEFRA carry out Post Mortem tests at the Abbattoirs.

 

[Buchan]

Is that all carcasses or just the ones that have been reactors etc when tested but show no signs of TB when slaughtered ??

I think that we all know that the test is unreliable and the majority of animals that are culled are false reactions , I have always understood that any that are found to have lesions are removed from the food chain and destroyed

The current skin test is reliable. Its sensitivity is about 80% specificity, high 90s. This means that positive cattle probably are positive, but about 20% of negative testing cows actually have TB. This varies depending on what the background level of TB is, but the figures are reasonably accurate. At slaughter, lesions are trimmed unless they are so severe as to lead to condemnation.

 

[ckwoodland]

food standards agency carry out post mortem inspection in abattoirs , the lesions on the ribs look like localised abscess properly caused by an injury caused when the animal was young

 

[Apache]

food standards agency carry out post mortem inspection in abattoirs , the lesions on the ribs look like localised abscess properly caused by an injury caused when the animal was young

Have you seen the lungs? Hardly any normal tissue left. Very unlikely localised damage IMO.

 

[grumpyoldsod]

Have you seen the lungs? Hardly any normal tissue left. Very unlikely localised damage IMO.

another picture that shows the state of the lungs !

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[grumpyoldsod]

food standards agency carry out post mortem inspection in abattoirs , the lesions on the ribs look like localised abscess properly caused by an injury caused when the animal was young

The lesions were not localised , that was just a couple that were easy to show , there were more on both sides and higher up towards the spine