o:194 Biosensors for animal health and meat safety monitoring: farm-to-slaughterhouse continuum en The meat supply chain needs to be managed for sufficient levels of consumer protection. Healthy animals are an essential recondition for a safe food supply, since zoonotic diseases, including meatborne pathogens, are a major threat to public health. Information about the livestock’s general health, animal welfare and prevalence of major meatborne hazards such as Salmonella, Campylobacter, STEC and Listeria monocytogenes is of utmost importance for effective biosecurity control on farm. Early detection of these hazards in faecal samples, monitoring blood levels of metabolites relevant for animal welfare (hormones) and animal health (acute phase proteins) can provide high-level control in the animal farming industry. Multiplex biosensors for athogens and metabolites in the farm-to-slaughterhouse continuum constitute a practical and cost-efficient tool for early detection of signs related to meat safety. Point-of-care multiplex biosensors are an advantage versus commonly used methods ELISA and RT-PCR, since they provide possibilities for early detection and do not require expensive equipment, trained personnel or significant time for sample transfer and analyses. Biosensors can improve meat inspection and meat safety controls, and can serve as a primary tool for monitoring food safety parameters and contribute to the modernization of veterinary inspection and risk-based meat safety assurance system. 1552099 10.1088/1755-1315/854/1/012063 2022-05-04T11:02:06.815Z 44 yes 46 Ivan Nastasijević Institut za higijenu i tehnologiju mesa Biosensors for animal health and meat safety monitoring: farm-to-slaughterhouse continuum 0000-0002-7141-269X Radmila Mitrović Institute of Meat Hygiene and Technology Biosensors for animal health and meat safety monitoring: farm-to-slaughterhouse continuum person Saša Janković Institute of meat hygiene and technology Biosensors for animal health and meat safety monitoring: farm-to-slaughterhouse continuum person 0000-0002-5223-6993 application/pdf 1240635 https://unilib.phaidrabg.rs/o:194 no yes 16 70 92000004 71A01 IOP Conf. Series: earth and environmental science 854 IOP Publishing 2021