WOLLEGA UNIVERSITY

Course Plan Format

School: Svm

Department: Vet. Clinical Science & Laboratory Technology.

Program: Winter

Course Title: FOOD HYGIENE AND VETERINARY PUBLIC HEALTH

Students Taking The Course: Winter 4th Year Sections: A,B and C
Schedule of Practical/Laboratory
Week Practical work Tasks Due date for

submission of report
in week
Session: 1 Examination of meat and meat products Report week 2

Ante mortem Examination Observation of Ante mortem

Examination

Session: 2 postmortem Examination Observation of postmortem Report week 3

Examination
Section: 3 Detection of oedema with alcohol practice alcohol Report week 4
floatation test
floatation test
Session 4: Determination of fat rancidity (with practice neutral red test Report week 5

neutral red) and detection of icterus

Session 5: Determination of PH of meat pH test Report week 6
Session 6: Microbial examination of meat and Culturing of meat Report week 7
meat products
Session 7: Indirect method of determining  Methyl blue reduction test Report week 8

bacterial load  Catalase test

Session 8: Examination of canned meat Observe Rusting, Report week 9

liking, swelling
Session 9: Detection of antibiotic residues in Report week 10
meat

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Session 10: Examination of milk and milk  PH Report week 11

products  Single alcohol test

 Double alcohol test

Determining the freshness of milk  Clot on boiling test

Session 11: Determining adulteration  Titerable

Specific acidity
gravity Report week 12
(lactodensimeter)

 Fat determination

Session 12: Determining and keeping quality  Methyllene blue Report week 13

reduction test

 California mastitis
test
 Somatic cell count
Total bacterial
count
Session 13: Tests conducted on heated milk  Phosphatase test Report week 14
 Peroxidase test
 Turbidity test
Session14: Examination of unopened and Unopened: Report week 15
opened egg  Weight
 Candling
 The shell
 The air shell
 The white
 Floatation
Opened:
 Yolk index
 Direct microscopic

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Prepared by (Instructor) Checked by (Department Head) Approved by (school dean)
Name: Galana Biratu Name ___________________ Name____________________
Sign_____________________ Sign _____________________ Sign_____________________
Date_____________________ Date _____________________ Date_____________________

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