LPT 312: Abattoir Practices and Animal Products Technology (1+1)

STICKING

• Sticking may be done on the floor, but most cattle are hoisted by shackling both hind legs and raising to a convenient height, or dropped on to a striking rail.
• There are two methods of sticking
• Bilateral severance of the carotid arteries and jugular veins by an incision across the throat region caudal to the larynx as in ritual slaughter.
• Unilateral incision in the jugular furrow at the base of the neck, the knife being directed towards the entrance of the chest to severe the brachiocephalic trunk and anterior venacava.
• Bleeding is allowed out completely.