Some farmers and ordinary residents of rural areas make pigs in their farm. And until they think, they do not guess how they will make slaughter. But the time comes, animals grow to the desired mass, and the moment comes that there is no more sense in gnawing through the tummy – it is necessary to solve the issue with the slaughter.
How to kill a pig
Naturally, you can slaughter in a slaughterhouse or directly at a meat processing plant, where everything is equipped specifically for these purposes. But also a successful slaughter procedure takes place at home, if you initially equip everything at the proper level and follow the instructions below. The most important thing is not to experience any pity for the animal in the process of slaughter, even if you are used to it, otherwise everything will go out of your hands. The slaughterhouse himself plays an important role, the “easy hand” of his business or not, whether to immediately stab the pig or the animal will be tormented for a long time.
Before slaughter, you need:
Get a special certificate from the veterinarian about the examination of the animal before slaughter, it will be necessary if you decide to send a pig to the departments of a meat processing plant. When you want to use products in your personal use, then there is no need for a certificate.
Stop brewing animals half a day before direct slaughter, leaving only water. This procedure is necessary for the intestines to be cleansed, as well as the quality of meat improves. And a well -fed pig is not easy to drive out of the barn, and the hungry will run out.
The upbringing of the animal is optional, since the carcass is still undergoing heat treatment. And if the skin of the killed animal itself is clean, then there is no need to wash it. But if the pig lived in a very close place of the corral, where she will not have to turn out at all and wash it from manure. Some believe that the anticipation reduces the number of microbes on the surface of the carcass itself and how the output the meat will be stored longer.
How to kill a pig
The next step is to stun the animal before proceeding to slaughter. The blow must be applied with a sledgehammer, and you can also with the butt of a very heavy ax on the upper part of the head (namely above the eyebrows, as well as in the frontal part), this will save the animal from unnecessary torment: it immediately loses consciousness and falls, without a scream.
Next, the immobilized animal is laid not the left side; hold on the right front leg; A knife is introduced at the base of the third or fourth ribs into the cartilaginous fusion; Swell with a soldering lamp or burner; They scrape the charred layer of the skin, watering with water; extract the insides; They start cutting.