Animals of both sexes are slaughtered for meat and meat products at the abattoirs. It has
been found in few countries that one-out-of-every-three ewe and one-out-of-every-four doe …

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 …

In developing countries, indiscriminate slaughtering of pregnant ruminants and consequent
foetal wastage (FW) are persistent practices, which have impacted the agricultural and …

Meat consumption demand is increasing with the growing population; however, livestock
foetal wastage in the abattoirs/slaughter slabs in Nigeria is being documented. The trend of …

Fetal wastage usually occurs due to indiscriminate slaughter of pregnant cows without
proper ante mortem assessment of the pregnancy status prior to slaughter in most of the …

There had been dearth of information on the level of fetal wastages in slaughtered cattle in
West African countries other than Nigeria; this study evaluates level of fetal wastage in cows …

Pregnancy wastage has been reported to account for about 20-25% of the fall in livestock
production in Sub-Saharan Africa. In the light this fact, a six-year (2003–2008) retrospective …

Background Both male and female food animals are slaughtered for meat. Some cows,
ewes and does slaughtered are found with viable foetuses resulting in foetal wastage and …

Indiscriminate slaughter of pregnant animals in the abattoir often results to wastage of
foetuses. This study investigated the prevalence of foetal wastage in Jalingo abattoir. The …

Post-mortem survey of fetal wastage was conducted on 227 ewes and 21 doe's slaughtered
at Asella abattoir between January and February 2015. Gestation stage was estimated from …