Scottish Agricultural College, Kings Buildings, West Mains Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3JG, UK.
Vet Rec. 2011 Oct 15;169(16):413. doi: 10.1136/vr.d4814. Epub 2011 Aug 31.
Pig health schemes based on abattoir inspections provide an integrated system to optimise the postmortem detection and the reporting of pathological lesions. In Great Britain, two initiatives have been implemented by the pig industry: Wholesome Pigs Scotland (WPS) and the BPEX Pig Health Scheme (BPHS). These schemes record the presence of a range of pathological lesions detected by means of detailed inspection of the pluck and the skin of the slaughtered pigs. The lesions are those associated with a reduction in performance traits or are indicators of animal welfare problems. This paper aims to provide an overview of the objectives behind the BPHS and their activities, outlining similarities and differences between WPS and BPHS on five main operational topics: the lesions monitored, the administration of the schemes, flow of the information, inspection strategies and the major idiosyncratic characteristics of the schemes. These initiatives inform individual producers and their veterinarians of the occurrence of pathological conditions affecting their pig herds. Additionally, they offer the added value of providing nationwide disease monitoring information and have the potential to be a useful surveillance tool for emerging and enzootic conditions.
基于屠宰场检查的猪健康计划为优化剖检后发现和报告病理病变提供了一个综合系统。在英国，猪肉行业实施了两项举措：苏格兰健康猪计划（Wholesome Pigs Scotland，WPS）和 BPEX 猪健康计划（BPEX Pig Health Scheme，BPHS）。这些计划记录了通过对屠宰猪的拔毛和皮肤进行详细检查而发现的一系列病理病变的存在情况。这些病变与性能特征降低或动物福利问题的指标有关。本文旨在概述 BPHS 的目标及其活动，并概述 WPS 和 BPHS 在五个主要操作主题上的相似之处和不同之处：监测的病变、计划的管理、信息流程、检查策略和计划的主要特有特征。这些举措使个体生产者及其兽医了解影响其猪群的病理状况的发生情况。此外，它们还提供了提供全国性疾病监测信息的附加值，并有可能成为新兴和地方性疾病的有用监测工具。
