FEATURES OF VETERINARY-SANITARY EXAMINATION AND IDENTIFICATION PRODUCTS OF SLAUGHTER OF NUTRIAS

Abstract

The represents the results of the veterinary and sanitary assessment of nutrias` meat. Determining of the species belonging of meat is one of the most important tasks of veterinary and sanitary control, the purpose of which is to exclude the falsification of meat raw materials. It has been established that nutrias carcasses are rounded, thick; muscles in the area of the shoulder and pelvic belt are well developed. Muscle tissue is pale pink colour. It is proved, the peculiarities of identification of slaughter products of nutria are established by the presence of fat deposits, rounded form lipoma and the structure of internal organs while post-slaughter veterinary and sanitary control of nutrias` carcasses.