Piloting a livestock identification and traceability system in the northern Tanzania–Narok–Nairobi trade route

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country instituteen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Livestock Research Instituteen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Nairobien_US
cg.contributor.affiliationAfrican Union Interafrican Bureau for Animal Resourcesen_US
cg.contributor.crpAgriculture for Nutrition and Healthen_US
cg.contributor.donorUnited States Agency for International Developmenten_US
cg.coverage.countryKenyaen_US
cg.coverage.countryTanzaniaen_US
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2KEen_US
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2TZen_US
cg.coverage.regionAfricaen_US
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africaen_US
cg.creator.identifierFlorence Mutua: 0000-0002-1007-5511en_US
cg.creator.identifierNICHOLAS NGWILI: 0000-0002-3940-4438en_US
cg.creator.identifierBernard Bett: 0000-0001-9376-2941en_US
cg.howPublishedFormally Publisheden_US
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s11250-017-1431-4en_US
cg.isijournalISI Journalen_US
cg.issn0049-4747en_US
cg.issue2en_US
cg.journalTropical Animal Health and Productionen_US
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen_US
cg.subject.ilriANIMAL HEALTHen_US
cg.subject.ilriFOOD SAFETYen_US
cg.subject.ilriLIVESTOCKen_US
cg.subject.ilriMARKETSen_US
cg.volume50en_US
dc.contributor.authorMutua, Florence K.en_US
dc.contributor.authorKihara, Absolomonen_US
dc.contributor.authorRogena, J.en_US
dc.contributor.authorNgwili, N.en_US
dc.contributor.authorAboge, G.en_US
dc.contributor.authorWabacha, J.en_US
dc.contributor.authorBett, Bernard K.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2017-11-03T13:56:24Zen_US
dc.date.available2017-11-03T13:56:24Zen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/89197en_US
dc.titlePiloting a livestock identification and traceability system in the northern Tanzania–Narok–Nairobi trade routeen_US
dcterms.abstractWe designed and piloted a livestock identification and traceability system (LITS) along the Northern Tanzania–Narok–Nairobi beef value chain. Animals were randomly selected and identified at the primary markets using uniquely coded ear tags. Data on identification, ownership, source (village), and the site of recruitment (primary market) were collected and posted to an online database. Similar data were collected in all the markets where tagged animals passed through until they got to defined slaughterhouses. Meat samples were collected during slaughter and later analyzed for tetracycline and diminazene residues using high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). Follow up surveys were done to assess the pilot system. The database captured a total of 4260 records from 741 cattle. Cattle recruited in the primary markets in Narok (n = 1698) either came from farms (43.8%), local markets (37.7%), or from markets in Tanzania (18.5%). Soit Sambu market was the main source of animals entering the market from Tanzania (54%; n = 370). Most tagged cattle (72%, n = 197) were slaughtered at the Ewaso Ng’iro slaughterhouse in Narok. Lesions observed (5%; n = 192) were related to either hydatidosis or fascioliasis. The mean diminazene aceturate residue level was 320.78 ± 193.48 ppb. We used the traceability system to identify sources of animals with observable high drug residue levels in tissues. Based on the findings from this study, we discuss opportunities for LITS—as a tool for surveillance for both animal health and food safety, and outline challenges of its deployment in a local beef value chain—such as limited incentives for uptake.en_US
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Accessen_US
dcterms.audienceScientistsen_US
dcterms.available2017-09-30en_US
dcterms.bibliographicCitationMutua, F., Kihara, A., Rogena, J., Ngwili, N., Aboge, G., Wabacha, J. and Bett, B. 2018. Piloting a livestock identification and traceability system in the northern Tanzania–Narok–Nairobi trade route. Tropical Animal Health and Production 50(2): 299–308.en_US
dcterms.extentp. 299-308en_US
dcterms.issued2018-02en_US
dcterms.languageenen_US
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0en_US
dcterms.publisherSpringeren_US
dcterms.subjectanimal healthen_US
dcterms.subjectfood safetyen_US
dcterms.typeJournal Articleen_US

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