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[Water regulation in slaughter-houses and meat works. Showering pigs intended for slaughter (author's transl)]. 1977

G P Corstiaensen, and J M de Kruijf, and J G van Logtestijn

On a number of relatively cold and hot days, the effect of showering pigs in the pens of a pig slaughter-house was studied. During the resting period of approximately two hours, 50 per cent of a group of 459 pigs were showered and the other 50 per cent were not. The situation in the pens, the variations in body temperature and the quality of the pork were determined. It can be concluded that showering pigs intended for slaughter in pens using water of approximately 13 degrees C: -- reduces pollution in the slaughter line; -- results in a significant decrease in body temperature; -- reduces the number of animals showing an abnormal quality of the pork on hot days. Showering has a less beneficial and occasionally even adverse effect on the quality of the pork on cold days.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008460	Meat	The edible portions of any animal used for food including cattle, swine, goats/sheep, poultry, fish, shellfish, and game.	Meats
D001831	Body Temperature	The measure of the level of heat of a human or animal.	Organ Temperature,Body Temperatures,Organ Temperatures,Temperature, Body,Temperature, Organ,Temperatures, Body,Temperatures, Organ
D002980	Climate	The longterm manifestations of WEATHER. (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 6th ed)	Climates
D000003	Abattoirs	Places where animals are slaughtered and dressed for market.	Slaughterhouses,Slaughter House,Slaughter Houses,Abattoir,House, Slaughter,Houses, Slaughter,Slaughterhouse
D000818	Animals	Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA.	Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D013552	Swine	Any of various animals that constitute the family Suidae and comprise stout-bodied, short-legged omnivorous mammals with thick skin, usually covered with coarse bristles, a rather long mobile snout, and small tail. Included are the genera Babyrousa, Phacochoerus (wart hogs), and Sus, the latter containing the domestic pig (see SUS SCROFA).	Phacochoerus,Pigs,Suidae,Warthogs,Wart Hogs,Hog, Wart,Hogs, Wart,Wart Hog