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FSIS issues notice on disposition of non-ambulatory disabled cattle
Story Date: 2/5/2013
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Source: USDA FSIS, 2/1/13
I. PURPOSE
A. This notice contains the same policies and instructions from FSIS Notice 76-11. This notice continues to provide clarification to inspection program personnel (IPP) and Public Health Veterinarians (PHVs) regarding the procedures that they are to follow when the establishment presents non-ambulatory disabled cattle for ante-mortem inspection, including cattle that are temporarily down (i.e., non-ambulatory disabled) because of a reversible condition (e.g., parturient paresis, ketosis, pneumonia, arthritis, injury, or one of the other conditions identified in 9 CFR 309.13 (b)). The instructions are to assist PHVs in making consistent decisions on the disposition of non-ambulatory disabled cattle.
B. PHVs are to condemn non-ambulatory disabled cattle after ante-mortem inspection and to verify that the establishment promptly euthanizes these cattle. For humane handling reasons, all non-ambulatory disabled cattle, except for veal calves that are non-ambulatory because they are tired or cold, are to be promptly euthanized rather then being set aside for treatment. Cattle slaughter classes covered by this notice are identified in Section III. E.
C. The instructions in this notice supersede the instructions on the disposition of non-ambulatory disabled cattle in FSIS Directive 6100.1, Revision 1, “Ante-Mortem Livestock Inspection.”
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