Common conditions leading to cattle carcass and offal condemnations at 3 abattoirs in the Western Province of Zambia and their zoonotic implications to consumers

Journal of the South African Veterinary Association

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 28-32

  Phiri, A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

Author keywords

Bovine tuberculosis; Cattle; Condemnations; Cysticercus bovis; Fasciola gigantica; Zambia

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL HEALTH; ARTICLE; CARCASS; CATTLE; COCCIDIOSIS; CONSUMER; CONTAGIOUS PLEUROPNEUMONIA; CYSTICERCOSIS; CYSTICERCUS; DYING; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; FASCIOLA GIGANTICA; FASCIOLIASIS; FOOD SAFETY; HEALTH HAZARD; JAUNDICE; LIVER; LIVESTOCK; LUNG; LYMPHADENITIS; MEAT INDUSTRY; NONHUMAN; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TUBERCULOSIS; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ZAMBIA; ZOONOSIS; ANIMAL; CATTLE DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; MEAT; SAFETY; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

BOS TAURUS; FASCIOLA GIGANTICA; MYCOPLASMA; TAENIA SAGINATA;

ABATTOIRS; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; MEAT; ZAMBIA; ZOONOSES;

EID: 33745324582     PISSN: 10199128     EISSN: 22249435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4102/jsava.v77i1.336     Document Type: Article

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