Veterinary Science & Technology

Dinku Assefa

Publications

• Research Article
  Major Causes of Liver Condemenation and its Economic Significance in Small Ruminanats Slaughtered at Luna Export Abattoir, East Shoa Zone, Centeral Ethiopia
  Author(s): Elias Gezahegn, Birhanu Abera, Dinku Assefa and Hussen YunusElias Gezahegn, Birhanu Abera, Dinku Assefa and Hussen Yunus
  
  A study was conducted from December, 2014 to April 2015 to identify the major causes of liver condemnation and its economic significance in small ruminants slaughtered at Luna Export Abattoir, Ethiopia. By considering age, origin and species as a risk factors major abnormalities encountered were identified and considered accordingly. A simple random sampling was used where 384 each sheep and goats were sampled with a total of 768 animals and postmortem examinations was applied on liver. Out of 768 sheep and goats slaughtered 67.7% of liver revealed total condemnation. The major cause of these liver condemnations are due to Cysticercus tenuicullosis (11.5%), Calcification (20.31%), Cloudiness (20.57%), Cirrhosis (5.08%), Hepatitis (5.9%), Fatty degeneration (2.99%), Steilesia hepatica (3.65%), Adhesion (7.42%), and Hydatidosis (0.13%). Except in C. tenuicollis, calcification and cloudi.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2157-7579.1000422

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