Assessment of small ruminant welfare in Ethiopia–An abattoir-based study

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country instituteen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Livestock Research Instituteen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationAddis Ababa Universityen_US
cg.contributor.crpAgriculture for Nutrition and Healthen_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/10.1080/10888705.2019.1663736en_US
cg.isijournalISI Journalen_US
cg.issn1088-8705en_US
cg.issue3en_US
cg.journalJournal of Applied Animal Welfare Scienceen_US
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen_US
cg.subject.ilriANIMAL CAREen_US
cg.subject.ilriGOATSen_US
cg.subject.ilriSHEEPen_US
cg.subject.ilriSMALL RUMINANTSen_US
cg.subject.ilriANIMAL WELFAREen_US
cg.volume23en_US
dc.contributor.authorBekele, Tizetaen_US
dc.contributor.authorSzonyi, Barbaraen_US
dc.contributor.authorFeleke, Akliluen_US
dc.contributor.authorGrace, Deliaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2019-09-16T13:02:41Zen_US
dc.date.available2019-09-16T13:02:41Zen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/103654en_US
dc.titleAssessment of small ruminant welfare in Ethiopia–An abattoir-based studyen_US
dcterms.abstractThis paper presents the results of a cross-sectional study assessing the welfare of sheep and goats in a large abattoir in central Ethiopia, using qualitative and quantitative approaches. A total of 384 nonhuman animals (192 sheep and 192 goats) underwent clinical examination and behavioral observation in 2014. The study also included behavioral observation of 57 animal handlers, and a qualitative assessment of animal welfare conditions at the abattoir. Clinical examination revealed dirty wool/hair (54.9%), poor body condition (15.8%), and respiratory disorders (14.0%). The most commonly observed behaviors were refusing to move (17.1%), panting (15.8%) and reversing (10.4%). Significantly higher proportion of sheep exhibited resistance behaviors such as refusing to move (21.4% of sheep and 13.0% of goats; p < 0.030) and resistance to being pulled (12.5% of sheep and 6.3% of goats; p < 0.0036). Handlers frequently beat (87.7%), pushed (57.9%) and pulled (49.1%) the animals. Poor handling of animals was very common and could result in animal distress and falls. In collaboration with the abattoir workers, the authors developed simple good practice to improve welfare and reduce losses from poor welfare.en_US
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Accessen_US
dcterms.audienceScientistsen_US
dcterms.available2019-09-06en_US
dcterms.bibliographicCitationBekele, T., Szonyi, B., Feleke, A. and Grace, D. 2020. Assessment of small ruminant welfare in Ethiopia – An abattoir-based study. Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science 23(3): 356–365.en_US
dcterms.extentp. 356-365en_US
dcterms.issued2020-07-02en_US
dcterms.languageenen_US
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-3.0en_US
dcterms.publisherInforma UK Limiteden_US
dcterms.subjectsmall ruminantsen_US
dcterms.subjectsheepen_US
dcterms.subjectgoatsen_US
dcterms.subjectanimal welfareen_US
dcterms.typeJournal Articleen_US

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