VMD 511: Animal Welfare, Ethics and Jurisprudence (2+0)

RUMINANTS

• Keep the left side down in order to keep the rumen out of way.
• Right fore and hind legs are severed. Disarticulate right hind limb.
• Incision from jaws to the perineal region.
• Skin of right side reflected.
• Abdominal wall is removed.
• Rumen, reticulum, omasum and abomasum are opened in situ and examined.
• Expose thorax as in the case of horse.
• Lungs and heart removed with trachea and oesophagus.
• Urogenital organs are removed.