Identificación de patologías que causan decomisos de hígados en ganado bovino sacrificados en el Centro de Faenamiento Elina Torres

Abstract

The present investigation was carried out in the "Centro de Faenamiento Elina Torres", San Francisco parish of the Tisaleo canton belonging to the province of Tungurahua, the purpose was to identify the hepatic anatomopathological lesions of all the bovines admitted to the slaughter plant, during 13 weeks of control that covered the months of July, August, September and October of the year 2022. In addition to registering the positive cases of anatomopathological lesions according to sex, the origin of the animals, the weight of the confiscated livers and the economic losses. The collected information was stored in Microsoft Excel and interpreted by the STATGRAPHICS CENTURION 16.103 program through descriptive, cross-sectional and analytical statistics. Veterinary inspection of 3,299 livers was carried out, of which 482 organs were completely seized, representing 14.61% of the cases positive for pathological lesions. Through a macroscopic examination, 10 hepatic lesions were identified with a greater predominance within the total seizures, Abscesses represented 37.1%, Distomatosis 20.8%, Cirrhosis 12.9%, Telangiectasia 10.8%, Necrosis the 5.2%, Cholangiohepatitis 5%, Adhesions 3.3%, Hepatolithiasis 3.1%, Fatty liver 1.5% and Vesicular Lesions 0.4%. Regarding sex, females obtained 76% of the total seizures and males barely 24%. In relation to origin, the provinces of Tungurahua and Chimborazo obtained the percentage values with the highest number of seizures, 47.8% and 45.4% respectively; while the Guano canton obtained 38%, followed by Ambato, Quero and Pelileo. In the establishment, the cost per pound of liver is USD 1.50, generating during the investigation phase an estimated economic loss of USD 11,394.48 out of a total of 7,596.32 pounds of livers with lesions subject to confiscation and an average of 15 .75 lbs.