Potential Risk Factors:-
a. Unhygienic circumstances associated with the typical scalding tank,
b. Salmonella sp may present in the sludge and water of scalding tank.
c. Microorganisms, parasites such as Ascaris suum, whip worm, etc , Balantidium coli and moulds
such as Aspergillus, Mucor, etc, may transfer from one carcass to other.
d. Many of these organisms can gain entrance to the lung and to blood vessels in the stab wound.