Pathological lesions survey and economic loss for male cattle slaughtered at Ismailia abattoir

The study was a retrospective abattoir survey, undertaken for a period of one full year at the main traditional abattoir of Ismailia city, Egypt. During the survey, 9880 male cattle were slaughtered and inspected. As a result of postmortem inspections, 8 (0.10%) carcasses were totally condemned and 1456 (14.7%) organs had pathological lesions. Of the 1456 edible organs had pathological lesions; the sum of 1216 Kg was either totally or partially condemned. Based on weight of annual condemned organs, the estimated annual loss was 36480 Egyptian Pound. The gross pathological lesions detected in edible organs were in 117 of heart (8%), in 310 kidneys (21.3%), in 649 lunges (44.6%), in 260 livers (17.9%), and in 120 spleens (8.2%). The present study provides baseline data for the future monitoring of clean meat production in Ismailia abattoir. The condemnation of edible organs represents a significant economic loss to traders and livestock industry.