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glands are examined, the carcase is split down the vertebrae, and
if no further evidences are found the carcase, minus the head, is
passed.
The above procedure seems to be hardly sufficient. In a
relatively large proportion of the animals examined in the
slaughter-house the viscera, lungs, spleen, liver, &c., are found
to be affected. No opportunity is afforded to examine the viscera
in situ in the prepared carcase; for in such case the viscera have
been removed and may be altogether absent. Also when the
viscera have beer) separated from the carcase it is not always
possible to determine from which particular animal the organs
in question have been taken. The one satisfactory way to ensure
that a carcase is fit for human food is to inspect it in the slaughterhouse,
where there is opportunity of examining all the viscera
before and after removal.
As such examination of all carcases is impossible in private
slaughterhouses, the only real remedy is to establish public abattoirs.
England is much behind the Continent in this matter.
Those engaged in the trade urge that the condemnation of
the whole carcase of a pig for only slight Tuberculous lesions,
seeing the frequency with which such lesions are found on slaughter
to exist in animals which during life appear to be perfectly healthy,
is paralysing the English pig trade.
Many butchers, after one or two experiences of the kind
mentioned above, will no longer buy any but Danish pig carcases.
There is no reason to believe that the Danish pig is freer from