Evaluación del volumen de sacrificio de animales de la especie equina en una planta de sacrificio autorizada ubicada en el municipio de Mosquera (Cundinamarca) y análisis de la trazabilidad de la carne

Abstract

The project entitled "Evaluation of the volume of slaughter of animals of the equine species in an authorized slaughter plant located in the municipality of Mosquera (Cundinamarca) and analysis of the traceability of the meat" had as an objective to determine the slaughter volume of animals of the equine species in an authorized slaughter plant called "Los Cristales Sacrifice Plant", which is classified as class II according to INVIMA (2011) and has a sanitary operating license for the slaughter of animals of the equine species as bovine. As a result, a report on equine meat trade was presented both nationally and internationally. Subsequently, the information was collected following the methodology described in the project in the period between November 2011 to January 2012, for which a total of 4655 slaughtered animals were reported, with an average per month. of 1555 horses slaughtered. Likewise, this project evaluated production variables such as live weight, slaughter weight and carcass yield of the animals slaughtered during the study period. For which, a total of 10 samples or lots of animals were evaluated, finding an average of the live weight variable of 254.8 + 44.2 Kg, of weight in channel of 140.1 + 28.9 Kg and an average total of the channel performance variable of 54.7 + 3.9%. Similarly, we measured these variables by sex, finding that males present better averages than females of the equine species. The data was analyzed using descriptive statistics in the Microsoft Excel program (2007). Finally, the origin of the slaughtered animals was determined, finding that the animals come from farms located in the departments of Casanare, Cundinamarca, Cordoba, Meta and Arauca. Finally, it is proposed to extend the number of samples to 300 animals, as sample size and to collect information related to the destination of equine products and by-products obtained in the slaughter plant in order to determine some parameters related to the traceability of the meat and formulating a strategy for new markets.