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includes wild game birds and lagomorphs living in the wild or conditions of freedom similar to the wild
feathered: eg. pheasant, duck or pigeon
small furred: Rabbit, Hare |
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Red
Fallow
Sika
Roe
chinese water
Muntjac |
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| Training of hunters in health and hygeine |
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EC regulation state that at least one member of a hunting team should have sufficient knowledge and training to undertake an intital on the spot examination
referred to as the TRAINED HUNTER
NOTE: approved game handling establishments should only accept large and small game that has been examined by a trained hunter who can provide evidence that they have undergone training to the satisfaction of the FSA |
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| Culled deer must be examined without undue delay |
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age and sex
nutrition status
bruising
faecal contamination
oedema
bleeding
musculature
condition of pleura and peritoneum
drug residues
signs of diseases
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Gralloching:
- partial gralloch lessens the weight but limits the amount of exposed flesh exposed to contamination
- drag in drag bag
- in the larder for best hygeine |
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| Post mortem inspection - large wild game |
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| the body of large wild game may be placed on the market only if the body is transported to an Approved Game-Handling establishment as soon as possible after being shot and inspected in the field. |
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| If a trained person inspects the body and viscera they must: |
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Attach a numbered declaration to the animals body
note: the head and viscera need to accompany the body except in species susceptible to trichinosis ( wild boar), |
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| If the trained person is not able to complete the declaration |
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- all the viscera except stomach and intestines must accompany the body
- the trained person must inform the OV of the circumstances that prevented the completion of the declaration
- the AGHE should only accept large wild game without a trained persons declaration in exceptional circumstances |
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| If there is no trained person |
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| the head and all viscera except for stomach and intestines must accompany the body |
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| FBO and OV checks at AGHE |
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To enter the food chain wild game carcases need to be:
• Killed during the hunting season.
• Not road kill but killed by hunting activity.
• Large Wild Game: Presented for inspection with a valid “trained hunter” declaration (THD).
• Large Wild Game: Accompanied by the red offal and the head if the THD is not available or not signed off because of presence of lesions.
• At a temperature of at least 7°C (large wild game) or 4°C (small wild game).
• Clean (for what is possible) and free from contamination from animals and pests (maggots, flies, etc.) when game is being taken away from the shoot and stored in the larder.
• Presented and pass Post Mortem Inspection.
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Check the traceability and correlation of the carcass / offal (where applicable) through labeling / tagging, game dealer records;
• Check the trained hunter declaration
• Inspect unskinned carcasses prior to the start of processing in order to determine cause of death, degree of contamination (not compulsory - considered best practice);
• Perform the PM inspection after the carcass is fully skinned with the respective offal (where available):
– visual inspection and palpation (where required) of the carcase and red offal;
– Evaluate carcase/ offal for degree of shooting damage, contamination and any signs of disease
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| Post mortem inspection- Large wild game |
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During the post mortem inspection of large wild game the OV must:
• Check the Declaration of the Trained Hunter. Any suspicion/concerns about the validity of the hunter’s training must be reported to the FSA.
• Inspect unskinned carcases prior to the start of processing in order to determine their general condition. For example:
– To detect abnormalities not resulting from the hunting process;
– To check that death was not caused by reasons other than hunting;
– To investigate organoleptic abnormalities (mould, contamination, etc.).
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should consider:
Deer have fine hair: care during skinning to avoid contamination of carcase
• Unskinned deer heads must be handled so that meat is not put at risk from contamination
• During rut and after, broken ribs, heavy bruising, cuts and abrasions (infected or healed) may be present. The hunter should check this and note them.
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| Wild boar notifiable diseases |
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Wild Boar:
– Foot and Mouth Disease
– Classical Swine Fever
– African Swine Fever
– Anthrax
– Swine vesicular disease
– Teschen Disease
– Vesicular stomatitis
– Aujeszky’s disease
– Tuberculosis
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– Tuberculosis – all abscessed lesions must be treated as suspect TB
– Anthrax –never been recorded in deer by DEFRA or MAFF
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– Epizootic Haemorrhagic Virus Disease
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– Warble Fly (Hypoderma bovis)
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– Aujeszky’s
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– Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD)
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the health mark or identification mark is required at approved game handling establishments
- must be applied by OV
- cannot remove marks |
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