01705nam a2200265 a 450000100080000000500110000800800410001902200320006010000180009224500980011026002260020849000700043450001650050452005950066965300190126465300120128365300310129570000140132670000150134070000140135570000150136970000160138470000140140070000250141410626742022-01-20       2021    bl uuuu     u01u1 u    #d  a1022-1301; online 2075-83591 aDEL CAMPO, M.  aThird uruguayan national beef quality auditbbruises characterization.h[electronic resource]  aIn: AUPA, Proceedings del VII Congreso Uruguayo de Producción Animal. Sección Una Sola Salud (Single Health Section), 14 y 15 diciembre 2021. Archivos Latinoamericanos de Producción Animal, 29(Supl.1), p.119-121.c2021  a(Archivos Latinoamericanos de Producción Animal, Vol.29, Supl.1)  aCorresponding author: M. del Campo, Instituto Nacional de Investigación Agropecuaria (INIA), Tacuarembó, Ruta 5 km 386 (Uruguay), mailto:mdelcampo@inia.org.uy  aThe third Uruguayan National Beef Quality Audit (UNBQA) was held in a cooperative project among Colorado State University (CSU), INAC e INIA, assessing breed-type, brands, horns and mud/manure, bruises, offal condemnation and carcass quality. Bruises are avery good indicator of animal welfare and when a bruise affects muscle tissue, the affected area is trimmed, leading to economic losses. Many of the UNBQA-2002, 2007 and 2013 findings were used to implement training practices related with animal welfare and pre slaughter handling for all the stakeholders of the Uruguayan meat chain.  aAnimal welfare  aBruises  aPreslaughter period stress1 aTOYOS, G.1 aALBÍN, F.1 aBORCA, A.1 aCORREA, D.1 aROBAINA, R.1 aBRITO, G.1 aSOARES DE LIMA, J.M.