الفهرس 
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Abstract
Human health is inextricably linked to animal health and production in both developing and developed countries. An integrated meat hygiene program is based on the efficiency of public health and veterinary services to perform a control strategy according to the sequence ”from the farm to the fork”. In this approach, the responsibilities of public health and veterinary services are clear in performing efficient surveillance and control of food of animal origin. This study aims at adding to the existing knowledge about the occurrence of the major meatborne zoonosis and lesions in carcasses slaughtered at Alexandria, as well as, to evaluate the economic impact of the main causes of condemnation among inspected animals. The study was conducted at Abis and Amrya abattoirs at Alexandria Governorate over a period of one year starting from September 2002 till August 2003. Four classes of animals were involved in the study, representing the main red meat animals for human consumption in Egypt, namely; Buffaloes (1100), Cattle (700), Sheep. (600), and Pigs (200). An active surveillance approach was selected in this study. During inspection procedures for animals from its arrival to the abattoir and through ante-mortem and post-mortem veterinary inspection, a preinstructed data collection form was filled with the required data.