A study on causes of cattle liver condemnation at an abattoir in Omdurman area, Khartoum State, Sudan

Darien Kheder Ali Mohamed

doi:10.1186/s12917-021-02766-4

Abstract

BackgroundInformation obtained from abattoirs on the causes of liver condemnation is important in preventing the spread of diseases and for promoting food security. The current study reviews three years (2009 to 2011) postmortem inspection records of cattle slaughtered at an abattoir in Omdurman, Khartoum State, Sudan. The aim was to determine the prevalence of diseases and conditions that lead to liver condemnation.ResultsFrom a total of 234,175 cattle slaughtered, 8,910 (3.8%) livers were condemned due to several diseases/conditions mainly fasciolosis, cysticercosis, necrosis, abscess, calcification, hemorrhages, liver cirrhosis, hydatidosis, and other miscellaneous causes. Collectively, fasciolosis was the leading cause of liver condemnation and was responsible for 51.6 % of total liver condemnations followed by necrosis (18.6%), and cysticercosis (13.5%).ConclusionsBecause of their zoonotic nature, the observed high frequency of some detected diseases/conditions is thought to pose a public health risk among consumers. This survey could be used as a regional baseline for future monitoring of control programmers against these liver diseases.

Highlights

Information obtained from abattoirs on the causes of liver condemnation is important in preventing the spread of diseases and for promoting food security
The implications of zoonotic diseases affirm the important role that information obtained from meat inspection plays in the enhancement of public health and food safety [4, 5]
The present study revealed that fasciolosis, cysticercosis, necrosis, and abscesses were the main causes of liver condemnation in cattle leading to considerable economical loss of meat

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Information obtained from abattoirs on the causes of liver condemnation is important in preventing the spread of diseases and for promoting food security. The current study reviews three years (2009 to 2011) postmortem inspection records of cattle slaughtered at an abattoir in Omdurman, Khartoum State, Sudan. The implications of zoonotic diseases affirm the important role that information obtained from meat inspection plays in the enhancement of public health and food safety [4, 5]. Researchers should be encouraged to participate and establish innovative ways and means to control these diseases [6]. Bacterial diseases such as bovine tuberculosis (4.5 %) are present in slaughtered cattle with caseous lesions [7]. Micrococcus, Bacillus, Staphylococcus, Corynebacterium, Propionibacterium, Actinomyces, Pseudomonas, Escherichia coli, Corynebacterium, Aerococcus, Klebsella, and Moraxella were isolated from contaminated meat in several abattoirs in Khartoum State, Sudan [8,9,10]

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