Information Package / Course Catalogue
Meat Hygiene and Inspection
Course Code: VBH608
Course Type: Required
Couse Group: Third Cycle (Doctorate Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 2
Prt.: 2
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 7
Objectives of the Course

In meat inspection part, structure of slaughterhouses, systematic meat inspection, bacterial, viral and parasitic diseases encountered in meat inspection, decision on meats based no pathological findings and based on legal requirements are aimed to be taught, cleaning and disinfection methods in meat processing plants are aimed.

Course Content

Slaughterhouses. The types of slaughterhouses. The parts of slaughterhouses. Cleaning and disinfection in the slaughterhouses.Ante-mortem inspection and the importance of meat inspection. Post-mortem inspection. Systematic meat inspection. Pathology of diseases and lesions seen in animals and organs. Evaluation of changes occurring in the carcasses and meat due to diseases.Valuable parts of carcasses. Legislations and decision taken after inspection. Classification of carcasses.

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