Risk Assesment Regarding the Sarcocystis spp. Infestation at Ovine Carcasses Destined for Public Consumption (original) (raw)

2011, Bulletin of University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca. Veterinary Medicine

According to the bibliographical studies' analysis, the incidence of ovine sarcocystosis, is situated in the first place reaching values of over 98%. The field researches concern the intensity and extent degree of the microsarcocysts in the skeletal muscles, in the following anatomic regions: the intercostal muscles, the diaphragm muscle, the tongue muscles, the dorsal muscles and the thigh muscles, with aspects regarding the incidence of these microcysts, depending on the animals' age. There were 160 meat samples collected from 20 ovine aged between 1,5 and 4 years. Following the samples' processing there was noticed that the extent of the Sarcocystis spp. infestation at the samples evaluated was of 100%, the average value of the intensity being the highest in the myocardia. In this context, it is necessary, in the case of ovine meat products, which do not involve in their technological process a thermic treatment, to priory make a control also to investigate the microcysts evaluation. At the same time, the ovine meat and organs administrated in the carnivore's diet must be thermic sterilized.