Poor personal and environmental hygiene and sanitary conditions of abattoirs in developing
countries in sub-Saharan Africa have been implicated in the occurrence and spread of …

Background Pre-slaughter stress or the welfare condition of food-producing animals (FPAs)
and the slaughter practices of slaughterhouse workers (SHWs) are critically important for the …

Materials and Methods: The counts of viable bacteria, total coliform, faecal coliform,
enterococci, S. aureus, P. aeruginosa and Salmonella/Shigella spp. of the wastewater was …

The increase in the slaughter of pregnant cows (SPCs) for meat (except as may be approved
by veterinarians on health grounds to salvage the animal) is unethical. SPCs for meat is also …

Aims: To assess the quality of abattoir effluents discharged into water bodies in Owerri
Municipal, Nigeria using microbiological and physicochemical approaches. Study Design …

Poor hygiene and sanitary practices among meat handlers can lead to the contamination of
meat. This contamination can occur at any point during the transportation, storage and …

Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) is widely accepted as a standard for
which food and food products are subjected to high standards by the handlers to ensure …

The increase in the slaughter of pregnant cows (SPCs) for meat (except as may be approved
by veterinarians on health grounds to salvage the animal) is unethical. SPCs for meat is also …

Some Staphylococcus species are zoonotic and the non-zoonotic species may harbor
antibioticresistance genes for transmission to humans via the food chain. The study aimed at …

Some Staphylococcus species are zoonotic and the non-zoonotic species may harbor
antibiotic resistance genes for transmission to humans via the food chain. The study aimed …