Abstract
This review has the objective to discuss the main critical points of the humanitarian slaughter of bovines with approaches necessary for audits and fundaments for expert report. The Brazilian beef production has great importance in agribusiness, with national and international prominence. Currently, the population's concern about the welfare of production animals has been growing, making investments in scientific research and humanitarian education in all segments of the production chains. In the past decades the slaughter of production animals had been considered a technological procedure of inferior scientific grade, not composing a subject studied by universities, research institutes and industry. Subsequently, this issue gained importance when it was evident the influence of the quality of meat and its products in national and international trade. Following the obvious influences of the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) and the International Humanitarian Society (HSI), the demand for source products of animals raised, handled, transported and slaughtered through the use of humanitarian practices grew up. It should be considered that animal welfare does not necessarily correspond to sanitary quality, but rather an ethical and moral concern of consumers. The Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply in Brazil (MAPA) predicts that until 2020 the Brazilian meat production will provide 44.5% of the world market, this being the great challenge of Brazil to maintain effective measures of humanitarian slaughter and to lead as a world exporter of bovine meat To slaughter animals under humanitarian conditions is a moral duty of man, and each country must establish strict regulations in order to guarantee this condition to all species. Conventional methods of slaughter of cattle involve the pre-desensitization of bleeding, except slaughtering conducted according to Jewish or Islamic rituals. The actions of audits and legal veterinary medicine have an important contribution in the settlement of judicial and etical issues in this process. So is necessary to invest in studies and discussions on the improvement of this important topic for use in audits and in the definition of an expert protocol aimed at humanized slaughter.
Highlights
This review has the objective to discuss the main critical points of the humanitarian slaughter of bovines with approaches necessary for audits and fundaments for expert report
Do ponto de vista de bem-estar e saúde pública os animais que estejam incapacitados de andar por conta própria, não suportar o próprio peso, severamente magros, visivelmente desidratados, evidências de lesões graves, angustiados, afetados por doenças, dor ou sofrimento, não devem ser transportados e caso algum destas condições sejam evidenciadas no desembarque devem ser manejados cuidadosamente com assistência médico veterinária, para julgar a necessidade de abate de emergência
Estes conhecimentos auxiliam na análise de elementos para elaboração de laudos periciais de interesse da justiça para responder aos preceitos gerais
Summary
O manejo dos animais no abatedouro e frigorífico tem fundamental importância na segurança dos operadores e dos animais (Cortesi, 1994; Roça, 2001). Deve-se também conhecer as relações dos bovinos com o ambiente de produção e suas necessidades, para poder proporcionar, nas instalações e no manejo, os recursos que promovam melhorias no bem-estar dos animais (Ludtke et al, 2012). A equipe operacional do frigorífico está composta principalmente pelo gerente de produção e demais funcionários comprometidos em seguir todo regulamento das normas técnicas operacionais estabelecidas pela legislação pertinente para assegurar o bem-estar animal. Os assistentes operacionais responsáveis pelo manejo dos animais de abate devem estar comprometidos com a legislação, seguindo as normas técnicas para garantir o bem-estar animal. Cabe às auditorias monitorar toda operação de abate, notadamente no que diz respeito ao desempenho dos funcionários e a eficiência dos equipamentos, bem como a manutenção e melhoria das instalações e o manejo dos animais (Ludtke et al, 2012)
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