Evaluation of Fore-Stomach of Cattle for Foreign Materials in Ilokun Abattoir, Ado-Ekit

Abstract

A study was conducted from October to December 2015 at Ilokun Abattoir, Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State, to assess the
prevalence of rumen and reticulum foreign bodies of cattle. Post-mortem examination was employed for the
recovery of foreign bodies from rumen and reticulum after slaughtering. The animals were selected by using
simple random sampling from all the slaughtered animals. The total numbers of slaughtered cattle examined
were 241 while the numbers of animals with ingested foreign bodies in reticulum and rumen were 68 (28.2%).
The types of foreign bodies detected were leathers (1.5%), clothes (1.5%), mango seeds (4.4%), wires (4.4%),
plastic (7.4%), thread (16.2%), nylon (27.9%) and plants materials (36.7%). Awareness should be created on