| dc.description.abstract | An abattoir assessment was conducted on 184 cattle and 200 goats slaughtered at Nebbi Municipal abattoir from July to August 2023. The objective was to determine the prevalence of respiratory conditions in cattle and goats presented for slaughter. Routine meat inspection procedures were used to detect the presence of the pathological lesions. A total of 184 (47.91%) and 200 (52.08%) cattle and goats respectively, were assessed for grey hepatisation, swollen/enlarged lung, froth in lung and lung abscesses. The overall prevalence of respiratory lesions in cattle and goats was 144/384 (37.5%), 64/384 (16.7%) in cattle and 80 (20.8%) in goats, 11 (2.9%), 13 (3.4%), 8 (2.1%), 3 (0.7%) of the cattle had grey/red hepatisation, swollen/enlarged lungs, froth in lung and lung abscesses respectively. Whereas 20 (5.2%), 30 (7.8%), 25 (6.5%), 5 (1.3%) of the goat carcasses had grey/red hepatisation, swollen/enlarged lungs, froth in lung and lung abscesses respectively. Pneumonia was the leading cause of condemnations as it was responsible for 3 (0.7%) and 2 (0.5%) of all the condemned lungs in cattle and goats, respectively. Contagious Bovine Pleuro-pneumonia and Caprine pleuro-pneumonia were only recorded in cattle and goats attributing to 7.3%, and 0.7% of lung condemnations, respectively. The percentages of lung conditions recorded in July and August were not statistically different (P > 0.05) among cattle and goats. The different lung lesion percentages recorded in cattle were not significant (P > 0.05) compared to goats. There were no significant (P > 0.05) variations between lung condemnation percentages due to various conditions. The study showed that different lung diseases/lesions in domestic ruminants are prevalent in the greater Nebbi district. Thus, there is a need to introduce appropriate control measures of diseases affecting lungs to minimize the rate of infection and reduce the ensuing economic losses. The data obtained from this survey cannot be wholly relied upon as accurate, but it can be used as a baseline for more extensive epidemiological investigation. Extensive study should be conducted to identify the organism causing the lesions and establish the factors that could have contributed to the high prevalence of respiratory lesions in the study area. | en_US |
