This Notice serves that purpose. The following is a list of the pathologies and conditions that warrant retention and testing of carcasses. Symptoms are described to help VMO determine when to retain and test carcasses. Mastitis carcasses with inflammatory ventral edema in the perineal area resulting from mastitis. Hemorrhages and yellow serous infiltrate, located ventrally, are typically present.
Metritis carcasses with acute metritis.
Peritonitis and surgery carcasses with active peritoneal inflammation associated with fibrinous exudate or fetid ascitic fluid, no matter how limited the extent of the lesions or with ventral abdominal cellulitis secondary to percutaneous abomasal surgery. Injection sites carcasses with lesions associated with injections. These are generally found in the semimembranosis and semitendinosis muscle. Pericarditis carcasses with fibinous or fibrinosuppurative pericarditis. Endocarditis carcasses with endocarditis and acute pulmonary, renal or other embolic lesions.