Abattoirs are facilities where livestock are slaughtered and are an important aspect in the
food production chain. There are several types of abattoirs, which differ in infrastructure and …

This study examined occupational safety and health hazards associated with the
slaughtering and meat processing industry in the Gweru City Municipal abattoir in …

Purpose This study aims to investigate the occupational hazards among the abattoir workers
associated with noncompliance to the meat processing and waste disposal laws in …

Abattoir workers are liable to zoonotic infections from animals and animal products, primarily
to diseases with asymptomatic and chronic clinical manifestations in animals, such as …

Brucellosis is one of the most widespread zoonotic diseases posing a serious obstacle to
public health, food safety and security and, socio-economic development in most African …

Materials and Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out among 157
butchers in Uyo using a semi-structured questionnaire for data collection. Facility …

Aim: This study investigated the knowledge of occupational hazard and safety practice, and
also determines the relationship between knowledge of occupational hazard and safety …

An occupational health hazard is any agent, substance, object, equipment, human
behaviour or factor capable of injury, disability, disease or death in individual working in an …

Background: Skin sepsis is a pyodermal infection caused by Lancefield's group streptococci
and Staphylococcus aureus. It is characterized by discolored and mottled skin, cellulitis …

Abattoir work is associated with significant public health hazards that result in occupational
related diseases or aggravate the existing ill-health of non-occupational origin. This study …