Major Cause of Organ and Carcass Condemnation and Its Financial Loss at Bishoftu Elfora Export Abattoir

Abstract

Abstract:The study was conducted from October 2013 to April 2014 in ELFORA export abattoir. The aim of this study was to identify and determine the major causes of organ and carcass condemnation and to estimate financial losses attributed to the condemned organs and carcasses from sheep and goats slaughtered in the abattoir. Standard antemortem and postmortem inspection procedures were followed throughout the study. Antemortem inspection was carried out in the lairage. There were higher record of nasal discharge, coughing, depression and lameness in both species. Postmortem examinations were conducted through their identification number to detect gross abnormalities and aesthetic reasons that rendered each organ to be rejected from the view of local and international markets. A total of 384 sheep and 384 goats slaughtered in the abattoir were included in the study. From these slaughtered animals, 768 organs and carcasses were examined. The study revealed that a total of 325 (42.3%) livers, 285 (37%) lungs, 40 (5.20%) hearts, 76 (9.90%) kidneys and 42 (5.46%) carcasses were rejected due to various causes. Stelesia hepatica (38.3%), pneumonia (60%), pericarditis (54.3%) and nephritis (35.3%) were found to be the major causes responsible for rejection of respective organs and carcass. The annual loss due to the rejection of organs and carcasses from the small ruminants slaughtered in ELFORA export abattoir is estimated to be 79,894.58 USD. In conclusions results of the present study justify immediate need of prevention of various pathogens that causes organ and carcass condemnation and pathological abnormalities through development of animal health delivery, enforcement of slaughter policy, education on animal welfare/humane slaughter, and training of slaughterhouse personnel on standard slaughter operations.

Major Abnormalities and their Economic and Public Health Significance in Ruminants Slaughtered at Haramaya and Aweday Municipal Abattoirs, Eastern Hararghe, Ethiopia

“…In small ruminant [4] reported (7%) fasciolosis in sheep which agreed with the present findings while he reported higher (4.3%) in goats. The lower rate of liver condemnation in goat due to fasciolosis, hydatidcyst and S. hepatica than cattle and sheep mainly agreed with the study in tropics [4,11,[30][31][32]. The higher rate of fasciolosis observed in cattle and sheep in comparison with goats could be due to their feeding behavior where sheep and cattle are usually grazers and goats tend to be more of browsers making them less exposed to the parasite.…”

“…However, relatively higher rate were reported [13] and higher prevalence of AM finding like nasal discharge in goat (8.85%) and sheep (9.64%), Coughing in goat (4.43%) and sheep (3.91%) and Lameness in goat (2.86%) and sheep (4.43%) were reported [11] at Bishoftu Elfora Export Abattoir. Long distance journey to bring the animal into the abattoir might result in stress that increases the frequency of AM abnormalities in their studies unlike our current study.…”

“…Hydatid cyst was the only cause of spleen condemnation 8 (1.14%) involving 4 (1.7%) and 2 (0.87%) in cattle and sheep. [9] reported nephritis (4.2%) as the major cause of kidney condemnation followed by hemorrhage (1.5%) and infarction (0.8%) in cattle slaughtered at Hawassa municipal abattoir and [11] also reported calcification (3.39%) in both sheep and goat while nephritis (3.65%) in goat and (3.91%) in sheep as the major lesion caused kidney condemnation. This lower frequency and type of lesion in this study might be attributed to the better animal husbandry practice of Hararghe population and variation of disease distribution and difference of community awareness in using veterinary health service.…”

“…Despite many studies that have been conducted on major causes of organ condemnation and economic significance in other parts of Ethiopia which mainly concentrated in Central, Western, Southern and Northern parts [9][10][11][12][13][14][15], there is no documentation on the major causes of organ condemnation, their economic and public health significance in the current study area. Therefore, the objectives of this study were:…”

“…It helps to prevent distribution of contaminated meat that could result to disease risk in man and animals and assisting in detection and eradication of certain diseases of livestock [7]. On the other hand, many studies in Ethiopia have been reported there are considerable financial loss, due to major cause of organ and carcass condemnation in different abattoirs, of about 5,213,939 [8], 15,843.89 [9], 827,686.05 [10], 79,894.58 [11], 52807 [12], 612,054.3 [13] and 152,173.125 [14] in US dollar annually.…”