Beef quality assurance and good
production practices Exam Questions
and Answers
What are the Health Professional's goals when it comes to animal production - Answer--Food animal
producer success
-public health
-animal well-being
What makes a food animal producer successful - Answer--efficient livestock production
-marketable
-quality assured animals
What are the things health professionals look for to ensure public health - Answer--food chain quality
assurance
-drug residue avoidance
-microbial contamination avoidance
-healthy livestock=wholesome product
What constitutes animal well being - Answer--provide for animal welfare
-good production practices
, -quality handling facilities
-clean environment
-adequate nutrition
How do we assure quality - Answer--HACCP risk assessment: Hazard analysis/ critical control points
-Conduct hazard analysis
-critical control point identification
-establishment of critical limits
-monitoring procedures
-corrective action
-verification procedures
-record keeping
Hazards that must be considered in animal production - Answer--biological (bacterial/parasitic)
-natural toxins
-physical
-chemical (pesticides, drug residues)
-feed additives
-feed decomposition
-other microbial contaminants
Health and production parameters - Answer--Production unit: history and physical exam
-Assess: health, production, and reproduction
-Set goals: for example 5% death rate amongst calves can be considered normal but if deaths exceed
that parameter critical intervention is needed
production practices Exam Questions
and Answers
What are the Health Professional's goals when it comes to animal production - Answer--Food animal
producer success
-public health
-animal well-being
What makes a food animal producer successful - Answer--efficient livestock production
-marketable
-quality assured animals
What are the things health professionals look for to ensure public health - Answer--food chain quality
assurance
-drug residue avoidance
-microbial contamination avoidance
-healthy livestock=wholesome product
What constitutes animal well being - Answer--provide for animal welfare
-good production practices
, -quality handling facilities
-clean environment
-adequate nutrition
How do we assure quality - Answer--HACCP risk assessment: Hazard analysis/ critical control points
-Conduct hazard analysis
-critical control point identification
-establishment of critical limits
-monitoring procedures
-corrective action
-verification procedures
-record keeping
Hazards that must be considered in animal production - Answer--biological (bacterial/parasitic)
-natural toxins
-physical
-chemical (pesticides, drug residues)
-feed additives
-feed decomposition
-other microbial contaminants
Health and production parameters - Answer--Production unit: history and physical exam
-Assess: health, production, and reproduction
-Set goals: for example 5% death rate amongst calves can be considered normal but if deaths exceed
that parameter critical intervention is needed
