Condenações de carcaças bovinas por lesões traumáticas em abatedouros-frigoríficos com Inspeção Federal no estado de Mato Grosso

Abstract

Brazilian beef, especially from Mato Grosso, is on the table of countless Brazilians and for export, in addition to its excellence in quality, it represents a financial return for the country, considering that the meat is widely consumed in Brazil and around the world. The present work aimed to carry out a survey of the condemnations of bovine carcasses due to traumatic injuries in slaughterhouses with the Federal Inspection Service in the State of Mato Grosso from July 2022 to June 2023, and thus compare the findings with the literature. During the study period, 4,954,293 cattle were slaughtered. A total of 1051 carcasses were condemned, where traumatic injuries represented 0.00017% of the total number of animals slaughtered and the prevalence of traumatic injuries in relation to condemned carcasses was 8.18%, ranking fifth among the causes of carcass condemnations. The disposal of carcasses due to traumatic injuries generates great economic losses, which could be avoided with adequate management from the rural property to the slaughterhouse. The factors that may be related to these convictions for traumatic injuries are failures in pre-slaughter management, from the animals leaving the rural property, involving the handling of the animals when entering the trucks, transportation, unloading, accommodation in the corrals and forwarding to slaughter. Traumatic injuries can also result from poorly designed facilities, resulting in trauma to animals due to slips or falls, causing economic losses. Despite the low rates of traumatic injuries found compared to the literature, there were deviations in Animal Welfare, with injuries occurring in animals, demonstrating the need for constant monitoring of the program.