Gill C O
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Lacombe Research Centre, 6000 C&E Trail, Lacombe, Alta., Canada T4L 1W1.
Meat Sci. 2007 Oct;77(2):149-60. doi: 10.1016/j.meatsci.2007.03.007. Epub 2007 Mar 19.
Large game animals and birds used for the commercial production of meat include deer of various species, wild boar and feral pigs, ostriches, emus and rheas, crocodiles and alligators, bison, and kangaroos. Meat from feral pigs and kangaroos is obtained from wild animals only, but much or most meat from the other game animals or birds is obtained from farmed animals. The microbiological conditions of meats from hunted animals can be compromised by poor placement of shots, the usual evisceration and sometimes further dressing of carcass in the field, and ageing of carcasses at ambient temperatures. However, the general microbiological conditions of carcasses from farmed game animals or birds slaughtered and dressed at suitable abattoirs can be comparable with or better than the microbiological conditions of carcasses from domestic animals or birds. The incidences of enteric pathogens on meat from wild or farmed game animals or birds can be less than those for meat from intensively reared domestic animals, but infection of some game meats with Trichinella or other foodborne parasites may occur.
用于肉类商业生产的大型猎物和禽类包括各种鹿、野猪和野生猪、鸵鸟、鸸鹋和美洲鸵、鳄鱼和短吻鳄、野牛以及袋鼠。野生猪和袋鼠的肉仅取自野生动物，但其他猎物或禽类的大部分肉则取自养殖动物。猎杀动物的肉的微生物状况可能会因射击位置不佳、通常的内脏摘除以及有时在野外对 carcass 的进一步处理，以及 carcass 在环境温度下的陈化而受到影响。然而，在合适的屠宰场屠宰和处理的养殖猎物或禽类 carcass 的总体微生物状况可能与家畜或禽类 carcass 的微生物状况相当或更好。野生或养殖猎物或禽类肉上肠道病原体的发生率可能低于集约化饲养家畜的肉，但某些野味肉可能会感染旋毛虫或其他食源寄生虫。
