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AGR 376-Meat Processing Technology

AGR 376-Meat Processing Technology. Beef Slaughter Procedures and Carcass Identification. Captive Bolt Stun Gun. Stun site. Stun site. Sticking. 3-3.5% of live wt. is lost as blood. Sticking severs Jugular Vein and Carotid Artery. Removal of head between the Atlas and Axis

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AGR 376-Meat Processing Technology

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  1. AGR 376-Meat Processing Technology Beef Slaughter Procedures and Carcass Identification

  2. Captive Bolt Stun Gun

  3. Stun site

  4. Stun site

  5. Sticking

  6. 3-3.5% of live wt. is lost as blood Sticking severs Jugular Vein and Carotid Artery

  7. Removal of head between the Atlas and Axis Vertebrae

  8. Atlas joint

  9. Fore shank- removed between carpals and metacarpals Hind shank- removed between tarsal and metatarsals

  10. Cattle are laid in a cradle for skinning

  11. Weasand Rod- used to separate the weasand from the Trachea

  12. Rodding the weasand

  13. Weasand: (esophagus) is striated muscle Trachea- notice the cartilage rings

  14. Weasand: is tied off to prevent rumen contents from contaminating the carcass

  15. Sweet Bread: (Thymus Gland) located around the trachea and esophagus in the throat area

  16. Bung Bunging: separates the rectum and colon from the pelvic cavity

  17. Evisceration

  18. Removing viscera

  19. Trachea Lungs Heart Pluck

  20. Lungs

  21. Heart

  22. Trachea

  23. Splitting the carcass down the vertebral column allows for more rapid chilling and easier handling

  24. Can you identify the four vertebral regions?

  25. The four vertebral regions Sacral Lumbar Thoracic Cervical

  26. Washing the carcass to remove contamination

  27. Pizzle Eye: Attachment site of penis

  28. Gracilis Muscles Heifer: Bean-shaped Steer: Diamond-shaped

  29. Cod Fat is lobular… “looks like grapes”

  30. Udder fat is smooth

  31. Cod Fat vs. Udder Fat Cod Udder

  32. Can you identify the sex of this carcass?

  33. Gracilis muscle Aitch bone Heifer Carcass -Bean-shaped Gracilis muscle -Flat aitch bone -Udder fat Udder Fat

  34. Can you identify the sex of this carcass?

  35. Steer Carcass -Diamond-shaped Gracilis muscle -Pizzle Eye -Cod Fat Diamond shaped Gracilis muscle Pizzle Eye Curved Aitch Bone Lobular Cod Fat

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