In the present study, Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (MAP) was investigated in goats slaughtered in Shiraz abattoir using histopathological examinations and polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Ilium and mesenteric lymph node samples from 66 suspected goat carcasses to Johne’s disease were collected. Among 66 examined slaughtered goats, nine (13.63%) goats were positi...

The article presents a narrative and systematic review of the potential ecological risk heavy metals associated with abattoir liquid waste for knowledge advancement. primarily focused on (i) An overview operations; (ii) Characteristics waste; (iii) Heavy in their health effects; (iv) Environmental impacts (v) Potential index (RI) methodology. These provided essential literature review. Using ex...

This study includes isolation and identif ication of the larval stage Cyst icercus tenuico llis of dog's cestoda thin neck Taenia hydatigena from slaughtered animals in Basrah abattoir. A total of 180 sheeps and 90 goats were determined by sex and examined during six months of study from January to June 2009. The diameter of al ive cysts and the amount of liquid were measured. The total amount ...

Nigeria has a high herd of cattle population, majority of which are in the hands of pastoralists. Apart from the direct effect of tick infestation on animal production and productivity, ticks are inevitably efficient vectors of many pathogens, like protozoa, viruses, bacteria, and rickettsiae to man and domestic animals. A survey on ticks (arthropods) was carried out in Zaria abattoir in Decemb...

Foodborne contamination especially by Staphylococcus species is of concern as many isolates the genus have been reported for their multidrugs resistance. The study was aimed at determining antimicrobial resistance isolated from abattoir. A total 100 samples were collected five different surfaces; bucket swab, butchers hand table knife swab and meat four abattoirs in Rivers State, Nigeria. trans...

Abstract The physicochemical characteristics and heavy metal concentrations of the soil water in Ogbor Hill, Aba were examined relation to effects abattoir effluent dumpsite. Samples taken from a borehole, an abattoir, These samples’ identified. results showed that borehole had nickel iron at 0.15±0.07 mg/kg 0.18±0.09 mg/kg, respectively, but no copper or lead. Iron levels samples ranged 4990.8...

The effects of production system (feeding regime and time on feed) on growth performance, yield and economics and the effects of feeding regime, pre-slaughter treatment and electrical stimulation on meat quality were evaluated. Sixty Bonsmara steers were divided into three treatment groups, viz. feedlot, organic pasture and conventional pasture feeding. The feedlot and conventional pasture grou...

We investigated the prevalence of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) in hospitalized diarrhea patients in Calcutta, India, as well as in healthy domestic cattle and raw beef samples collected from the city's abattoir. Multiplex polymerase chain reaction using primers specific for stx1 and stx2 detected STEC in 18% of cow stool samples, 50% of raw beef samples, and 1.4% and 0.6% of bl...

Slaughterhouses provide a safeguard that prevents the public from consuming meat of poor quality or meat which may be infected with zoonotic diseases. This work reviews a 3-year database of cattle that were slaughtered and inspected between 2010 and 2012 at Dodoma abattoir, Tanzania. In addition, meat inspection was undertaken for 1 month (December 2013). The aim of this study was to establish ...

In order to investigate the prevalence and detection of etiological agents of pyelonephritis in Shahrekordabattoir, 404 kidneys of slaughtered cattle (207 female and 197 male) were inspected. Kidney samples, whichhad gross changes were obtained for histological examination. Urine and renal tissue samples were alsocollected aseptically for microbiological examination. In histological examination...