The General Status of Animal Welfare in Developing Countries: The Case of Ethiopia

Asebe, Getahun; Gelayenew, Bizelew; Kumar, Ashwani

doi:10.4172/2157-7579.1000332

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“…These may be socio-economical, anthropological, environmental, cultural, geographical or even political factors. Understanding context in which sub-optimal animal welfare thrives, will help design interventions to improve practices and to educate the public about the importance of good animal welfare [85].…”

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Prevalence of gross lesions and handling practices in pigs and their association with pork quality, Kiambu, Kenya

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Pre-slaughter handling of pigs has been documented to affect the quality of meat though no studies have investigated this relationship in the Kenyan context. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of gross lesions and practices related to sub-optimal welfare in pigs presented for slaughter while analyzing the relationship between occurrence of these lesions and meat quality. A cross-sectional study was conducted at a medium scale, non-integrated pig abattoir supplying to the Nairobi market, with a capacity to slaughter approximately 40 pigs a day. Data on welfare-associated lesions and handling practices were obtained from 529 pig carcasses and traders respectively. 387 pork samples were collected, and their quality evaluated by measuring their pH, meat color and drip loss. These three parameters were used to classify pork into four recognized categories namely: Red, Firm, Non-exudative (RFN), Pale Soft Exudative (PSE), Dark Firm Dry (DFD) and Red Soft Exudative (RSE). Almost all pigs were inefficiently stunned as evidenced by the presence of consciousness post-stunning. The majority of pigs (82.97%) having one or more welfare-associated gross lesions. Other animal welfare malpractices observed were high loading density and inadequate rest periods between transport and slaughter. A quarter of the pork samples were of sub-optimal quality including: RSE (11.36%), PSE (2.58%) and DFD (2.58%). Multinomial logistic regression revealed that pork originating from pigs transported at a high loading density had increased odds of being classified as DFD (OR 13.41, 95% CI 2.59–69.46). The findings indicate the need to educate stakeholders in the pork value chains on improved pig handling before and during slaughter to enhance pig welfare pre-slaughter and pork quality post-slaughter. Animal welfare legislation enforcement and implementation was observed to be insufficient. There is a need to educate key stakeholders on its importance of being put into practice both from economic and welfare perspectives.

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Prevalence of gross lesions and handling practices in pigs and their association with pork quality, Kiambu, Kenya

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“…Animal welfare is not a priority due to poverty and food insecurity, which, in turn, are accompanied by a lack of knowledge of animal behavior and inadequate livestock handling facilities. Moreover, traditional customs and beliefs can be detrimental to animal health (Ndou et al 2011;Asebe et al 2016). Animals are sometimes subjected to painful and stressful situations when they must be vaccinated, treated against disease, hot-iron branded, castrated or dehorned.…”

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Cattle welfare aspects of production systems in the tropics

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There is a growing demand for animal products, especially food for human consumption, including in developing countries in tropical regions of the world. Simultaneously, animal welfare and a reduced environmental impact are increasingly important to modern consumers and non-consumers. Increased efficiency of existing animal production systems is key to meeting the growing demand of animal products without ignoring societal concerns. Adequate animal welfare can play an important role in improving production and addressing consumer demands. This review describes the main cattle production systems in the tropics and considers how they meet the need for transparent animal welfare conditions. Several challenges to overcome are highlighted, including lack of information about the real cattle welfare status in the tropics. Adequate assessment protocols and improvements in animal nutrition, infrastructure, animal health and farming-related education need special attention in the region. Better animal welfare could improve tropical animal production in terms of productivity, and increase the volume of meat and milk delivered. It could also guarantee consumer acceptance and future consumption of animal products, secure incomes, alleviate poverty and reduce migration to urban areas and countryside abandonment.

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“…However, animal management is a notable weakness for the majority of the farmers [52]. Poor animal feeding, housing, regular health examination are major drawbacks [53]. Despite there are some improvements, most of the efforts are not indeed supported by current technologies [54].…”

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“…Despite it is a major economic sector of the country, stakeholders and government agencies [53], has loose monitoring and controlling strategies over livestock. Beside to offi cial export, animal and animal products have been in market crossing borders illegally [56].…”

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Valuing the investigation of Prion diseases in Ethiopia

Teferedegn¹,

Tesfaye²,

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2019

Int J Agric Sc Food Technol

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Cellular Prion proteins have a wide variety of function from the birth of a cell to its programmed death. Prion protein can be the cause for a number of lethal animal and human diseases when misfolded. Furthermore, prion infection is transmissible. Polymorphisms of prion gene at different loci are associated with prion diseases development, the onset of symptoms and incubation period. Indel polymorphism in the promoter region of PRNP gene is found to be accoaited to BSE in cattle while the haplotype ARR at positions 136,154 and 171 is resistant to scrapie in sheep. Taking into account the severity of prion disease and its potential entrance to the food chain, genetic and clinical studies continued to be conducted in a different course of time in many countries. Even though African countries in general and Ethiopia in particular, are highly dependent on animals and animal products as food and income source, there are neither epidemiologic nor genetic studies addressed prion diseases yet. Moreover, high animal product consumption and poor regular animal health inspection are among the many good reasons to study prion in Ethiopia. Prion disease survey and prion gene profi ling boldly contribute to the provision of prion-free animals to the market for local consumption and for export. Thus, the main objective of this work is to uncover the extent of the importance of prion-related studies in Ethiopia considering livestock management, food quality safeguard and contribution of the work for further study.

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The General Status of Animal Welfare in Developing Countries: The Case of Ethiopia

Cited by 10 publications

References 12 publications

Prevalence of gross lesions and handling practices in pigs and their association with pork quality, Kiambu, Kenya

Prevalence of gross lesions and handling practices in pigs and their association with pork quality, Kiambu, Kenya

Cattle welfare aspects of production systems in the tropics

Valuing the investigation of Prion diseases in Ethiopia

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