Sanitary practices and occurrence of zoonotic conditions in cattle at slaughter in Morogoro Municipality, Tanzania: implications for public health

Komba, Erick; Komba, Ewaldo V.; Mkupasi, Ernatus Martin; Mbyuzi, Albano O.; Mshamu, Shaabani; Mzula, Alexanda; Luwumba, Denice

doi:10.4314/thrb.v14i2.6

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“…Due to absence of or insufficient meat inspectors in most of the slaughterhouses, most of the operations and slaughtering activities are carried out without proper supervision, which is contrary to the recommended regulations (Komba et al, 2012;Cook et al, 2017). This prevents thorough ante-mortem inspection, which is essential for preventing the slaughter of sick animals, post-mortem inspection for detailed carcass and organ examination to detect signs of disease; and facility and hygiene inspection to detect flaws in operational hygiene.…”

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Potential risk factors associated with carcass contamination in slaughterhouse operations and hygiene in Oyo state, Nigeria

Fasanmi¹,

Makinde²,

Popoola³

et al. 2018

Int. J. Livest. Prod.

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Avoiding meat contamination at slaughterhouses is crucial for food safety; consumers' awareness and concern for the type of food they eat has attracted global attention and redirected research interests towards food safety. The practical hygiene in the slaughterhouse operations play key role in the safety and wholesomeness of meat. A cross sectional survey was carried out on 60 slaughterhouses in Ibadan, Oyo and Ogbomosho, in Oyo State, South Western Nigeria. A well-structured pre-tested checklist was administered and scored; data collected were subjected to descriptive statistics and ttest to separate significant differences between abattoirs and slaughter slabs. This study revealed that for the 50 items scored, only four [environmental cleanliness (66.7%), washing of slaughtering tools and equipments (60%), access to facility to wash hands and shoes (71.7%), and appropriateness of slaughterhouse location (58.3%)] were partially observed. The remaining 46 are non-existent or poorly implemented. However, only 9 out of the 23 items of the practical hygiene and level of cleanliness compared between the surveyed abattoirs and slaughter slabs, showed significant (p < 0.05) differences. These are garbage disposal (p<0.001), washing of slaughtering tools and equipments (p<0.001), disinfection of the slaughterhouse (p<0.014), disinfection of premises (p<0.001), and disinfection of infrastructure and equipments (p<0.002). Others are, availability of sufficient and clean water (p<0.001), good hygiene (p<0.033) and also, hands washing after slaughtering (p<0.001) and hands disinfection (p<0.001). The surveyed abattoirs performed better than slaughter slabs in hygiene and level of cleanliness. But nevertheless all evidences of unhygienic practices and predisposing risk factors across the surveyed slaughter locations would serve as critical points for the distribution of contaminated meat to the public, and also serve as medium for occupational disease acquisition. Hence the issue of food safety is called to question. There is the need for workers training on operational hygiene and occupational zoonoses.

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Potential risk factors associated with carcass contamination in slaughterhouse operations and hygiene in Oyo state, Nigeria

Fasanmi¹,

Makinde²,

Popoola³

et al. 2018

Int. J. Livest. Prod.

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“…Abattoir meat inspection and slaughter records contribute to disease surveillance and control [44]. Meat inspection assists in monitoring diseases in the national herd and flock by providing database information to the veterinary department to control or eradicate diseases, produce wholesome products, and protect the public from zoonotic hazards [13,25,45].…”

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“…The rate of condemnation due to hepatitis reported in this study may be related to the animal origin, as cattle from Fasciola infested areas are likely to increase the number of livers condemned for hepatitis. More so, animals from poorly resourced farmers lack adequate veterinary care and good husbandry [44,46].…”

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A Quantitative Assessment of Causes of Bovine Liver Condemnation and Its Implication for Food Security in the Eastern Cape Province South Africa

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Food production needs to double, with minimum waste, if hunger and poverty is to be alleviated in South Africa. The condemnation of liver during meat inspection represents a huge waste of a protein food resource. This paper measures the quantity of liver condemned in three abattoirs in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa and assesses the causes and the monetary loss associated with these condemnations. A retrospective study (RS) (n = 51 302) involving the use of abattoir slaughter records from 2010-2012 and a post-mortem meat inspection (PMMI) (n = 1374) was conducted from July to December 2013. The RS revealed the leading cause of liver wastage as fasciolosis (5.95%, 4.48%, and 2.7%), fibrosis (2.74%, 2.37%, and 1.0%), and abscessation (1.11%, 2.78%, and 1.5%) for the 2010, 2011, and 2012 respectively. During the PMMI, the same factors caused liver condemnation in addition to calcification (8.3%, 6.8%, and 3.2%), Cysticercosis bovis (1.7%, 2.4%, and 1.3%) and improper evisceration (4.8%, 12.4%, and 27.1%) for the abattoirs X, Y, and Z respectively. A total of R 343, 330 (USD 45,271.07) was lost due to the condemnation of liver between 2010 and 2012. The further loss of 3290.4 kg of liver was calculated for the six month in 2013, and its financial value was R 59, 227.2 (USD 5889.82). The result of this study provide baseline information on major causes of liver wastage in cattle slaughtered in South Africa as well as the direct financial losses and demonstrate the huge waste of ideal protein food source.

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“…Indeed, Adeyemo et al (2009) presented the cruel handling of cattle at the Akinyele cattle market and slaughter slab in Oyo State, (Nigeria) while Komba et al (2012) and Ndalama et al (2013) portrayed the sanitary practices in cattle at slaughterhouses in Tanzania as poor. However, to our knowledge, no research has been carried out in Africa in general and Cameroon in particular, on the characterization of traditional slaughterhouses, especially on the application of good hygiene practices in modern slaughterhouses.…”

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Typology of the Cameroon Traditional Slaughterhouses Based on Hygiene Practices

Afnabi¹

2014

Adv. Anim. Vet. Sci.

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Sanitary practices and occurrence of zoonotic conditions in cattle at slaughter in Morogoro Municipality, Tanzania: implications for public health

Cited by 76 publications

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Potential risk factors associated with carcass contamination in slaughterhouse operations and hygiene in Oyo state, Nigeria

Potential risk factors associated with carcass contamination in slaughterhouse operations and hygiene in Oyo state, Nigeria

A Quantitative Assessment of Causes of Bovine Liver Condemnation and Its Implication for Food Security in the Eastern Cape Province South Africa

Typology of the Cameroon Traditional Slaughterhouses Based on Hygiene Practices

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