Disease Surveillance
The Slaughterhouse and Disease Surveillance Unit (the Unit) under the Slaughterhouse (Veterinary) Section is responsible for disease surveillance of zoonotic diseases caused by pathogens, such as Cryptosporidium, Toxoplasma and Trichinella. Samples are regularly collected from food animals and sent to Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department for testing.
Record of Food Animals Entering the Slaughterhouses
The Unit keeps record of live food animals entering the slaughterhouses for disease surveillance purpose.
| No. of local and imported food animals entering slaughterhouse(s) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pigs | Cattle | Goats | ||||
| Year | No. of food animals (heads) | No. of consignments | No. of food animals (heads) | No. of consignments | No. of food animals (heads) | No. of consignments |
| 2022 | 1 084 748 | 24 816 (imported pigs) + 8 807 (local pigs) |
11 906 | 1 257 | 1 299 | 12 |
| 2023 | 1 133 764 |
26 315 (imported pigs) |
10 968 | 1 170 | 770 | 7 |