Cattle cruelty and risks of meat contamination at Akinyele cattle market and slaughter slab in Oyo State, Nigeria

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1715-1721

  Adeyemo, Olanike K ^a   Adeyemi, Isaac G ^a   Awosanya, Emmanuel J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Health risk; Meat contamination; Nigeria; Slaughter slab

Indexed keywords

BOS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; ETHICS; MEAT; MICROBIOLOGY; NIGERIA; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; STANDARD;

ABATTOIRS; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; CATTLE; MEAT; NIGERIA;

EID: 75349095770     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-009-9370-3     Document Type: Article

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