Female cattle slaughter and foetal wastage: A case study of the Lafenwa abattoir, Ogun state, Nigeria
| Autor: | O. O. Adebowale, O. Ekundayo, A. A. Awoseyi |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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| Zdroj: | Cogent Food & Agriculture, Vol 6, Iss 1 (2020) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 2331-1932 23311932 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/23311932.2020.1809308 |
| Popis: | In developing countries, indiscriminate slaughtering of pregnant ruminants and consequent foetal wastage (FW) are persistent practices, which have impacted the agricultural and economic advancement of such countries. Retrospective data from 2008 to 2016 of a municipal slaughterhouse in Ogun state, Nigeria was assessed for the current patterns of female cattle (FC) slaughter and FW. A total of 353,503 (mean/year: 29,457 ± 1651) FC were slaughtered, and 44,713 (12.65%; mean/year: 3,726 ± 584) FW estimated over a period of 9 years. There were significant yearly variations in throughput of FC and FW (p |
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