dc.contributor.author
Bekele Atoma, Tizeta
dc.contributor.author
Szonyi, Barbara
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Haile, Aklilu Feleke
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Fries, Reinhard
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Baumann, Maximillian P. O.
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Randolph, Delia Grace
dc.date.accessioned
2024-06-24T05:46:00Z
dc.date.available
2024-06-24T05:46:00Z
dc.identifier.uri
https://refubium.fu-berlin.de/handle/fub188/43925
dc.identifier.uri
http://dx.doi.org/10.17169/refubium-43635
dc.description.abstract
Introduction: Ethiopia has a rapidly growing small ruminant sector, which faces low productivity due to husbandry practices and poor health condition of the animals. A study was conducted in Ethiopia’s largest municipal abattoir with the objective to assess the health problems of sheep and goats presented for slaughter using standard ante-mortem and post-mortem methodology.
Methods: A cross-sectional study using systematic random sampling was conducted on 384 sheep and 384 goats from January to July 2014.
Results: Soiled skin (69.1%), poor body condition (24.3%), and nostril discharge (19.5%) were common among both species at ante-mortem examination. Gross lesions were frequent in livers (39.7%) and lungs (37.2%), while pneumonia (18.1%) and adhesions (13.8%) were frequent in the lungs of sheep and goats, indicating stress-related illness. Parasitic lesions, especially fasciolosis (19.3%) and hydatid cysts (8.1%) were significantly more common in sheep livers (p 0.05). The direct financial loss from lesions in both species was 1,077,015 ETB or 53,851 USD per year, most of which was estimated to occur from carcass bruising.
Discussion: The findings indicate that reducing parasite burden and preventing carcass bruising through improved handling could significantly increase the profitability of the small ruminant meat sector in Ethiopia..
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8 Seiten
dc.rights
This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
dc.rights.uri
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subject
meat inspection
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dc.subject
small ruminants
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dc.subject.ddc
600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::630 Landwirtschaft::630 Landwirtschaft und verwandte Bereiche
dc.title
Assessment of health problems of sheep and goats based on ante-mortem and post-mortem inspection at Addis Ababa Abattoir, Ethiopia
dc.type
Wissenschaftlicher Artikel
dc.date.updated
2024-06-20T15:11:46Z
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.articlenumber
1406801
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.doi
10.3389/fvets.2024.1406801
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.journaltitle
Frontiers in Veterinary Science
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.volume
11
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.url
https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2024.1406801
refubium.affiliation
Veterinärmedizin
refubium.affiliation.other
Institut für Lebensmittelsicherheit und -hygiene
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no
dcterms.accessRights.openaire
open access
dcterms.isPartOf.eissn
2297-1769
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DeepGreen