Abstract
To ensure high sanitary quality of livestock products, it is necessary to monitor the health of animals in compliance with all veterinary and sanitary standards. Systematic deworming of animals is currently one of the main measures to combat helminthiasis. But despite the activities carried out, the animals remain constantly infected with helminths. Dictyoculosis is a helminthic disease of animals caused by a trematode and affecting the lungs. Dictyoculosis causes quite serious economic damage, which is formed by a decrease in productivity, weight loss, preventive measures, and costs associated with treatment. Animals are infected in pastures, in areas with high humidity. Young animals are more often infected, due to joint maintenance with adult animals, in which dictyoculosis is usually asymptomatic. A study by a number of scientists has shown that most diseases of cattle, accompanied by damage to the respiratory system, occur in the type of mixed diseases. Epizootic observations show that cases of mixed (associative) course of dictyoculosis and pasteurellosis are often recorded in natural conditions. Helminthiasis significantly changes the chemical composition of meat, which further determines its nutritional value. The amount of water increases and the amount of protein and fat decreases, protein in subcutaneous fat contains less by 1.84%, pure fat – by 5.43%, ash – by 0.1%; in internal fat, respectively, by 1.61; 4.81; 0.12%; intramuscular – by 2.14; 5.41 and 0.13%. As a result of the high moisture content, meat becomes a favorable environment for the development of putrefactive microflora. The result of our research has shown that the invaded meat creates favorable conditions for the development of pathogenic microflora, which, accordingly, will affect the maturation of meat and its shelf life.
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