VETERINARY-SANITARY CHARACTERISTICS OF CATTLE SLAUGHTER PRODUCTS SUPPLIED TO THE MARKETS OF YAROSLAVL REGION
It was established that from January to May 2017, 42 carcasses of cattle with offal were supplied to «Leninsky market №5» in Yaroslavl, Yaroslavl region, including nine carcasses entered from the private farm of Yaroslavl region. In the lungs delivered with two carcasses of cattle from the companies of Yaroslavl region the lesions of croupous pneumonia were found. In the lungs of two carcasses from Kostroma region, hemo aspiration was detected. The same number of pulmonary hemoaspirations was found in carcasses delivered by private farms in the Yaroslavl region. At organoleptic evaluation of the examined carcasses it was established that the colour of meat varied from red in 24 carcasses of cattle to dark-red in 18 carcasses of cattle. The muscles of the cut are slightly moistened and pale pink. In 18 carcasses when the filtered paper was put to the cut the moist stain and a weak specific smell remained. The condition of the tendons in all 42 examined carcasses corresponds to the characteristics of fresh meat, namely, the tendons are elastic, shiny. The surface of the joints is smooth, shiny. The sample of cooking did not reveal deviations from the norm for fresh meat. The broth of all the samples was clear and fragrant. The pH of the extract ranges from 5.72 to 6.1. The radiometric parameters of the studied carcasses were also within the limits of norms and made from 8.6 to 9.6 X-rays. Over the past three years the number of veterinary and sanitary examinations of carcasses of cattle made at the markets of Yaroslavl region has decreased from 12580 in 2014 to 7524 in 2016. At the same time the amount of delivered carcasses with the pathological changes was reduced. So, in 2014 there were found 880 cases which amounted to 7.02% of the total number of expertise, in 2015 - 43 cases or 0.48%, in 2016 - 13 cases or 0.17%. The majority of pathological changes in 2014 and 2015 were non-contagious ethiology (73,98% и 81,39%, respectively). The second most frequency cases of lesions with fascioliasis were registered -25,11% в 2014 and 18,61% в 2015. The exception was 2016 in which the proportion of fascioliasis was 53.85%, non-contagious etiology - 46.15%