Slaughter stock abattoir survey of carcasses and organ/offal condemnations in Arusha region, northern Tanzania

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 857-864

  Mellau, Benard Lesakit ^a   Nonga, Hezron Emmanuel ^a   Karimuribo, Esron Daniel ^a  

^a SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Abattoir records; Cattle; Condemnation; Goats; Livestock diseases; Sheep

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ECONOMICS; LIVER DISEASE; LIVESTOCK; LUNG DISEASE; MEAT; PATHOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; TANZANIA;

ABATTOIRS; ANIMAL DISEASES; ANIMALS; LIVER DISEASES; LIVESTOCK; LUNG DISEASES; MEAT; PUBLIC HEALTH; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TANZANIA;

ANIMALIA; BOS; CAPRA HIRCUS; OVIS ARIES; SUIDAE;

EID: 79952187879     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-010-9773-1     Document Type: Review

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