Major Causes of Organ and Carcass Condemnation and Its Financial Losses in Cattle Slaughtered at Wolaita Sodo Municipal Abattior, Snnprs, Ethiopia

Abstract

A cross sectional study was conducted from November 2017 to April 2018 with the objective of assessing the major causes and rate of organ/carcass condemnation and to estimate annual financial loses in cattle slaughtered at Wolaita Sodo Municipal Abattoir, SNNPR, Ethiopia. From all 368 cattle selected randomly and examined 165 (44.8%) and 120 (32.6%) showed both ante-mortem and postmortem abnormalities respectively. Conditions like lameness 52(14.1%), salivation 26(7.1%), branding 24(6.5%), diarrhea 20(5.4%) and rough hair 16(4.3%), lacrimation 10(2.7%), local swelling 8(2.2%) were the major recorded abnormalities in ante-mortem examination. In postmortem examination 65 (17.7%) livers, 41(11.1%/ 280.8kg) carcass due to bruise and abscess, 19(5.2%) lung, 4 (1.1%) hearts and 2 (0.5%) tongues was rejected due to various abnormalities. The major pathological lesions that caused organ condemnations were fasciola 47(12.8%), bruising 36(9.8%), calcification 10(2.7%), hydrated cyst 5(1.3%), abscessation 5(1.3%) and cysticercus bovis 5(1.3%). There was statistically significant association (p<0.05) between liver condemnation and body condition categories of animals. There was no statistical significance (P>0.05) between the origin and age of animals with the condemnation rate of different organs. The annual financial loss due to the rejection of organs and carcass of cattle slaughtered at Wolaita Sodo municipal abattoir was estimated approximately 148,643 ETB (5,505.3USD). This huge financial loss indicates that there should be appropriate disease prevention and control program in the study area.

Keywords: Abattoir, Ante-mortem, Financial loss, Organ condemnation, Post-mortem

DOI: 10.7176/JHMN/74-04

Publication date:May 31^st 2020