The study assessed the impact of effluent discharges on quality Otamiri River in Imo state, Nigeria. Six water samples were collected at discharge points where industries their effluents and abattoir. Samples that upstream downstream analyzed field lab using standard procedures. source pollution is attributable to industrial abattoir activities whose River. Therefore, without any treatments, ca...

High production of meat for human use has resulted to extreme waste generation from abattoirs. Nigeria as a developing nation been characterized by incompetent disposal, treatment, and management technologies leading pollution. This study was conducted assess wastes in Kano Abattoir. An investigative survey approach used the Wastes generated Abattoir, State. investigated using personal communic...

A cross sectional study on the prevalence of bovine cysticercosis in Hawassa municipal abattoir was conducted from October 2011 to March 2012 with the objectives of determining the prevalence of Cysticercus bovis cyst viability and cyst distribution in different organs/tissues and public health implication of Taenia saginata Cysticercosis. Questionnaire survey and inventory of pharmaceutical dr...

The Liverpool City Council has approved the general plans of the new abattoir scheme which has been formulated by the Market Committee. The Report of the Clerk and Superintendent of Markets, Mr. A. D. Harper, O.B.E., gives some interesting details as to the construction of the proposed abattoir which Mr. T. Laurie Price has designed. All the modern methods are provided for, and the scheme for t...

For years, abattoir solid waste disposal in many developing nations has been a major problem. Many abattoirs Sub-Saharan Africa especially Nigeria deposit their wastes within the immediate locations or dispose them into water bodies which causes effects to people living close abattoirs. On other hand, locating urban center furnishes advantages therein. Though, impact of practice poses threat ph...

INTRODUCTION Brucellosis, a neglected debilitating zoonosis, is a recognized occupational hazard with a high prevalence in developing countries. Transmission to humans can occur through contact with infected animals or animal products. Brucellosis presents with fever. In Nigeria, there is a possibility of missed diagnoses by physicians leading to a long debilitating illness. We conducted a stud...

The aim of this study was to evaluate the differences between cold carcass weights (CCW) for the Catalan Pyrenean horse (Cavall pirinenc català) breed according to different variables: area of origin, farm, gender and age. Linear regression models were applied using a generalized linear model (GLM) procedure for CCW of 397 animals (217 males and 180 females) slaughtered in a commercial abattoir...

A study was conducted to evaluate the effect of age and breeds (Arsi, Borana, HF-Cross Harar) on carcass meat characteristics bulls finished under similar feeding conditions. The experiment for 90 days at Beef farm Haramaya University. In this experiment, 24 were fed with roughage (60%) which contained grass hay wheat straw concentrate (40%) bran, noug (gucia abysica) cake, maize grain, limesto...