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 …

As a result of inadequate veterinary services and indiscriminate slaughter of animals in most
Nigerian abattoirs, pregnant animals are often slaughtered resulting in wastage of scarce …

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

The study was conducted to evaluate the volume of pregnant cows slaughtered at Minna
abattoir, Niger State, Nigeria between 2001 and 2009 based on abattoir meat inspection …

Meat and offal obtained from cattle are consumed daily as source of protein, but consumers'
knowledge on the possible exposure to heavy metals in meat and its associated health risk …

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 …

A study was conducted to assess the foetometric characteristics and reproductive wastages
in ruminant livestock slaughtered in Maiduguri. The volume of animals slaughtered and the …