Assessment of health problems of sheep and goats based on ante-mortem and post-mortem inspection at Addis Ababa Abattoir, Ethiopia

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country instituteen_US
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and advanced research instituteen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Livestock Research Instituteen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationAddis Ababa Universityen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationFreie Universität Berlinen_US
cg.contributor.donorFederal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, Germanyen_US
cg.coverage.countryEthiopiaen_US
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2ETen_US
cg.coverage.regionAfricaen_US
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africaen_US
cg.creator.identifierDelia Grace: 0000-0002-0195-9489en_US
cg.howPublishedFormally Publisheden_US
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2024.1406801en_US
cg.isijournalISI Journalen_US
cg.issn2297-1769en_US
cg.journalFrontiers in Veterinary Scienceen_US
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen_US
cg.subject.actionAreaResilient Agrifood Systemsen_US
cg.subject.ilriANIMAL HEALTHen_US
cg.subject.ilriGOATSen_US
cg.subject.ilriSHEEPen_US
cg.subject.ilriSMALL RUMINANTSen_US
cg.subject.impactAreaNutrition, health and food securityen_US
cg.subject.impactPlatformNutrition, Health and Food Securityen_US
cg.subject.sdgSDG 2 - Zero hungeren_US
cg.volume11en_US
dc.contributor.authorBekele, Tizetaen_US
dc.contributor.authorSzonyi, Barbaraen_US
dc.contributor.authorHaile, A.F.en_US
dc.contributor.authorFries, R.en_US
dc.contributor.authorBaumann, M.P.O.en_US
dc.contributor.authorGrace, Deliaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2024-06-07T08:36:36Zen_US
dc.date.available2024-06-07T08:36:36Zen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/145058en_US
dc.titleAssessment of health problems of sheep and goats based on ante-mortem and post-mortem inspection at Addis Ababa Abattoir, Ethiopiaen_US
dcterms.abstractIntroduction: 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.en_US
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Accessen_US
dcterms.audienceAcademicsen_US
dcterms.audienceScientistsen_US
dcterms.available2024-06-06en_US
dcterms.bibliographicCitationBekele, T., Szonyi, B., Haile, A.F., Fries, R., Baumann, M.P.O. and Grace, D. 2024. Assessment of health problems of sheep and goats based on ante-mortem and post-mortem inspection at Addis Ababa Abattoir, Ethiopia. Frontiers in Veterinary Science 11: 1406801.en_US
dcterms.extent1406801en_US
dcterms.issued2024-06-06en_US
dcterms.languageenen_US
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0en_US
dcterms.publisherFrontiers Mediaen_US
dcterms.subjectanimal healthen_US
dcterms.subjectgoatsen_US
dcterms.subjectsheepen_US
dcterms.subjectsmall ruminantsen_US
dcterms.typeJournal Articleen_US

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