Pathological Conditions of Condemned Bovine Lungs from Abattoirs in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria

A study of diseases of the bovine lungs was carried out in Akwa Ibom State Niger a between (1999 – 2002). A tota of 5,369 cattle were slaughtered with n the study period out of wh ch, 459 (8.5 %) lungs were condemned. Tuberculosis accounted for 183(39.921), represent ng 3.4 % of the to al cat e popu at on. This was closely followed by Pneumonia, which was 180(39.2 %), represent ng 3.4 % of th s popu at on. Abscesses, 93(20.1 %) and Taenia sp Cysts 3(0.7%), represent ng 1.7% and 0 1 % respectively of the total cattle population slaughtered a so resulted in lung condemnations. The overall annual prevalence of the diseases amongst condemned bovine lungs shows that most of them were encountered in the last three years of study, 10.1 %, 9.7 % and 8.7% for the years 2000, 2001 and 2002, respect vely. There was a clear posi ve seasonal influence on the prevalence of these diseases. The prevalence rate of tuberculosis and abscesses decreased along the seasonal periods from LDS to EDS. The rainy seasonal periods (ERS and LRS) increased the prevalence of pneumon a more than the dry periods while Taenia cysts were only recorded dur ng the early dry season (EDS). It was, therefore, concluded that tuberculosis and pneumonias, both accounting for over 79 %, were the major reasons for bovine lung condemnations at the abattoirs in Akwa Ibom State. , i l i i i t tl l i i i l i i . l