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NAMIBIA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

FACULTY OF HEALTH AND APPLIED SCIENCES

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SCIENCES

QUALIFICATION: ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES

QUALIFICATION CODE: O8BEHS LEVEL: 7

COURSE CODE: FMH 7115 COURSE NAME: FOOD AND MEAT HYGIENE

SESSION: JUNE 2018 PAPER: THEORY

DURATION: 3 HOURS MARKS: 100

FIRST OPPORTUNITY EXAMINATION QUESTION PAPER EXAMINER(S) | MR. IMMANUEL ZERIAPI

Moperator: | MS. MOUYELELE HAUFIKU

INSTRUCTIONS

Answer ALL the questions.

Write clearly and neatly.

Mark all answers clearly with their respective question numbers.

No books, notes and other additional aids are allowed

Do not use the left side margin of the exam paper. This must be

allowed for the examiner.

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PERMISSIBLE MATERIALS: NONE

THIS QUESTION PAPER CONSISTS OF 5 PAGES (Including this front page)

SECTION A MULTIPLE CHOICE/TRUE&FALSE (30)

QUESTION 1 MULTIPLE CHOICE [10 MARKS]

1.0 A For each of the questions below, please indicate the MOST correct answer by writing “A”,

“B’, “C” or “D” next to the appropriate question number on your answering sheet.

1.1. The spleen of the bovine is elongated in shape and weigh. (1)

(a) 0.8 — 1.2 kg

(b) 0.7-1.4kg

(c) 0.9-1.5kg

(d) 0O8-1.3 kg

Ted The examination of the lymph nodes in different meat inspection codes, is (1)

mainly the detection of which disease which is found to be a problem.

(a) Pneumonia

(b) Tuberculosis

(c) Pleurisy

(d) Fascioliasis

1.3 Posterior mediastinal has how many nodes that are situated in the fat alongthe (1)

dorsal wall of the oesophagus.

(a) 8-12

(b) 8-10

(c) 9-13

(d) 7-12

1.4 Which organ of the cattle should be examined for the evidence of the (1)

pericarditis and haemorrhages during post -mortem inspection.

(a) Lungs

(b) Kidney

(c) Spleen

(d) Heart

1.5 Name the lymph node which is red in colour, one of the largest being situated (1)

just posterior to the masseter muscle of the lower jaw.

(a) Prescapular

(b) Parotid

(c) Precrural

(d) Submaxillary

1.6 What is the length of the sheep small intestines. (1)

(a) 28.7m

(b) 23.9 m

(c) 25.6 m (d) 24.6m

1.7. Which of the following is classified as pre-evisceration process. (1)

(a) Dispatch facilities

(b) Washing bay for meat trucks

(c) Laboratories

(d) Maintenance workshops

1.8 Indicate the ante-mortem sign of Botulism in cattle. (1)

(a) Lying on the sternum

(b) Unwillingness to rise

(c) Limping

(d) Staggering on turning around

1.9 Choose the post — mortem finding of a bovine carcass. (1)

(a) The carcass appears fevered and there is presence of rigor mortis.

(b) The blood is dark, tarry and clot easily.

(c) The spleen is enlarged.

(d) There is evidence of aspiration pneumonia.

1.10 Find the length of the large intestine of the pig. (1)

(a)9m (b) 4.8 m

(c)6m

(d) 7.5m

QUESTION 2 TRUE/FALSE QUESTIONS [10 MARKS]

2.0 Indicate if the below statements are true or false by writing “True” or “False” next to the

corresponding question in your answer book.

2.1 Omphalophlebitis is a relatively common pre-mortem finding in countries where — (1)

very young calves are slaughtered.

2.2 Abscesses are one of the most common lesions routinely encountered in pigs. (1)

2.3 Uterus should be considered unfit for human consumption due to the presence of (1)

food poisoning microorganisms.

2.4 The provisions of a veterinary inspection of the live animal prior to slaughter is a (1)

legal requirement of meat inspection systems.

2.5 Enterotoxaemia also known as puppy kidney is caused by actinomycoses bovis

2.6 The average weights of a pancreas of some cattle is 220 — 360g.

2.7 Lungs of a cattle post — mortem inspection visual examination, followed by

palpation, should be carried out for evidence of fascioliasis, hydatid cysts.

2.8 The spleen of the ox is attached to the right dorsal side of the rumen and also

to the diaphragm.

2.9 Actinobacillosis is a non-zoonotic disease but it is more associated with animals

than with humans.

2.10 Offal that are sound and wholesome can be placed on the market without

any restriction.

Question 3

3.0 State which organisms caused or related to the following disease or organism.

3.1 = Actinobacillosis

3.2. Calf Diphtheria

3.3. Quarter/Black leg/Gas Gangrene

3.4 Caseous Lymphadenitis

3.5 Botulism

3.6 Milk Fever

3.7. Anthrax

3.8 Clostridial cellulitis

3.9 Diarrhea

3.10 Enterotoxaemia

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SECTION B (30 MARKS)

QUESTION 4 [20 MARKS]

4. Name the clinical signs and symptoms of the following diseases or conditions:

4.1 African Swine Fever 10)

4.2 Foot and Mouth Disease (5)

4.3 Tetanus (5)

QUESTION 5 [10 MARKS]

5. Describe the importance of the abattoir layout and construction. (10)

SECTION C (40 MARKS)

QUESTION 6 [20 MARKS]

6. Discuss the nodes of the head and neck of the ox based on P - Position, (20)

D — Drainage area and E — Destination of efferent lymph vessels of node.

QUESTION 7 [20 MARKS]

ds Write detailed notes on the Dirty Area (pre-evisceration process) of an abattoir. (20)

GOOD LUCK