A review on cattle foetal wastage during slaughter and its impacts to the future cattle herds in Tanzania

Nonga, H. E.

dc.creator	Nonga, H. E.
dc.date	2018-07-18T06:19:15Z
dc.date	2018-07-18T06:19:15Z
dc.date	2015-05-19
dc.date.accessioned	2022-10-25T08:53:09Z
dc.date.available	2022-10-25T08:53:09Z
dc.identifier	Nonga (2015)
dc.identifier	https://www.suaire.sua.ac.tz/handle/123456789/2542
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/93425
dc.description	Livestock research for rural development, 2015; 27 (12)
dc.description	Indiscriminate slaughter of pregnant cows and heifers is rampant in many developing countries in particular those in sub Saharan Africa. This practice retards the livestock industry, it is against animal welfare and it ends up giving poor quality meat to the consumers. A review of the published and unpublished literature on the prevalence of slaughter of pregnant cows and heifers, foetal wastage and its likely impacts to the future cattle herds in Tanzania was performed. Eight articles and reports from six slaughterhouses in Tanzania were assessed and the results summarized. It was observed that the prevalence of slaughter of pregnant cows and heifers ranged between 15.6 % for the cows and heifers slaughtered at Bukoba Municipal slaughterhouse and 46 % for the cows slaughtered at Dodoma Municipal abattoir. Slaughtered cow/heifer: pregnant cow/heifer ratio ranged from highest level of every two slaughtered cows/heifers, one was pregnant (ratio of 2:1) to lowest of every six slaughtered cows/heifers, one was pregnant (ratio of 6:1). The magnitude of foetal wastage due to slaughter of pregnant cows and heifers is huge in Tanzania that threatens the livestock industry and therefore undermines government efforts to increase food production. Moreover, the slaughter of pregnant cows disregards animal welfare legislation. Therefore, concerted efforts are necessary in order to reduce or halt the incidences of slaughtering pregnant cows and heifers in Tanzania
dc.description	None
dc.format	application/pdf
dc.language	en
dc.publisher	LRRD
dc.subject	Cattle population
dc.subject	Cows
dc.subject	Heifers
dc.subject	Pregnancy
dc.subject	Slaughterhouses
dc.title	A review on cattle foetal wastage during slaughter and its impacts to the future cattle herds in Tanzania
dc.type	Article