Abstract
A study was conducted to assess the extent of foetal losses from small ruminants and possible factors responsible for slaughtering female animals in semi-arid abattoirs of Hadejia and Malam-Madori, Jigawa State. The study was carried out using structured questionnaire administered to 160 respondents in the abattoirs for a period of three months (June-August, 2013). Specify the statistical tool you used to analyzed your results here. The results revealed that youths aged less than 25 (35.71%) and 36-45 (37.29%) years were the main source of labour in Hadejia and Malam-Madori.The respondents were mostly engaged in evisceration and skinning (75.71% and 82.86%) in the abattoirs. Majority (77.15% and 72.00%) of the respondents in both study areas were males, mostly (68.00% and 60.00%) married, few (12.00% and 9.33%) had tertiary education, while many (26.67% and 32.00%) had acquired secondary education. Small ruminant foetuses recovered from 6 to 10 per day were 65.71% and 52.85% which vary with season. It was concluded that there was a cause for concern on loss of fetuses especially among small ruminants. It is therefore suggested that awareness should be created among livestock rearers/farmers and butchers on the implication of slaughtering of pregnant animals and its consequence on the future of small ruminant’s population since increase in population of any livestock species is based on reproduction. Thus, legislation prohibiting indiscriminate slaughter of pregnant or inbred female animals should be enforced or enacted as this has far reaching negative impact on reproduction/production and revenue generation in
Highlights
The increase in livestock and human population figures indicated a twice increased in human population growth rate as against livestock production (Taiwo et al 2006)
Hadejia and Malam-Madori are situated in the Eastern part of Jigawa state and with an annual rainfall of about 600mm-800mm and 4-8 month of dry season (Wikipedia 2020)
Hadejia is located between latitude 12.45ON and longitude 10.04OE at an altitude of 340m above sea level with average minimum and maximum temperatures of 29OC and FUDMA Journal of Sciences (FJS) Vol 5 No.2, June, 2021, pp 241-246
Summary
The increase in livestock and human population figures indicated a twice increased in human population growth rate as against livestock production (Taiwo et al 2006). Sunusi et al (2006) reported that 57.85% and 61.39% of the total number of sheep and goats respectively, slaughtered at Bauchi and Jos Plateau States were pregnant. Kudi et al (1996) reported that female sheep and goats are more susceptible to disease infection compared to their male counterparts This makes female animals more vulnerable to slaughter at this stage of production than males. While Malam Madori, is located on latitude 12ON and The socio economic background of Livestock rearers, longitude 13OE at an altitude of 370m above sea level. The Veterinary health workers and butchers at Hadejia and Malamaverage minimum and maximum temperatures were 28OC and Madori Local Governments Areas of Jigawa State, Nigeria is. Majority of the respondents (35.71%) in Hadejia aged less than 25 years; while in Malam-Madori most
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