This study was conducted to evaluate foetal/pregnancy losses following slaughtering of food animals at Nsukka Municipal Abattoir Enugu State, Nigeria over a period three months (April June). The pregnancy status each animal determined tentatively by visual observation and palpation the exposed uterus after slaughtering. Attempts were made recover embryos from dams with structures suggestive flu...

Pork can be regarded as an important source for food borne salmonellosis. Salmonella bacteria can be introduced and spread in every stage of the pork supply chain and cause a risk for food safety. The objective of this research is to gain insight into the epidemiological and economic effects of different strategies in the finishing, transport, lairage and slaughtering stages to improve the food...

The fourth attempt to enshrine the protection of animals in the German constitution looks likely to succeed as one of a number of recent moves in Europe changing the outlook for research. Paragraph 20a of the German constitution imposes on the state the duty to protect the natural resources and the environment. Before the end of May, this paragraph is likely to grow by three words in length, an...

A total of 557 newborn piglets were used to compare eight identification devices, including one plastic ear tag as a control (C, n = 348) and two types of electronic ear tags (E1, n = 106; and E2, n = 103), and five types of injectable transponders (n = 557): small 12-mm (D12, n = 116; and S12, n = 110), medium 23-mm (T23, n = 108), and large (32-mm, T32, n = 115; and 34-mm, S34, n = 108). Inje...

In the course of post-mortem inspection at slaughtering estabUshments operating under Federal meat inspection, various pathological conditions in bovine livers are observed by veterinary inspectors. Most of these conditions are of common occurrence, are recognized quite readily, and disposition in such cases can usually be made on the macroscopic appearance of the liver lesions. It occasionally...