?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Environmental+and+Public+Health+Issues+of+Animal+Food+Products+Delivery+System+in+Imo+State%2C+Nigeria&rft.creator=Okoli+Chidi%2C+Grace&rft.creator=Okoli+Ifeanyi%2C+Charles&rft.creator=Okorondu+Ugochukwu%2C+Victor&rft.creator=Opara+Nwachukwu%2C+Maxwell&rft.subject=Online+Journal+of+Health+and+Allied+Sciences&rft.description=Information+on+livestock+movement%2C+animal+food+products+processing+facilities%2C+meat+inspection+methods%2C+official+meat+inspection+records+and+distribution+and+marketing+systems+for+processed+products+in+Imo+state%2C+Nigeria+needed+for+policy+development+interventions+in+the+sector+are+not+fully+understood.+The+primary+data+generated+with+the+aid+of+personal+interviews%2C+field+observations+and+secondary+data+obtained+from+records+accumulated+by+the+department+of+veterinary+services+Imo+state+from+2001+to+2004+were+used+to+investigate+the+environmental+and+public+health+issues+of+animal+food+products+delivery+system+in+state.+Majority+of+trade+animals+supplied+to+the+state+originated+from+the+northern+states+of+the+country+and+were+brought+in+with+trucks+by+road.+Only+two+veterinary+control+posts+served+the+whole+state+thus+resulting+in+non-inspection+and+taxing+of+a+large+proportion+of+trade+animals.+Official+record+of+trade+animals+supplied+to+the+state+from+2001+to+2004+ranged+from+45000+%E2%80%93+144000+for+cattle%2C+23000+%E2%80%93+96000+for+goats+and+11000+%E2%80%93+72000+for+sheep+per+annum%2C+with+supplies+increasing+steadily+across+the+years.+Official+slaughter+points+in+the+state+were+principally+low-grade+quality+slaughter+premises+consisting+of+a+thin+concrete+slab.+Meat+handling+was+very+unhygienic+with+carcasses+dressed+beside+refuse+heaps+of+over+2+years+standing.+Carcasses+were+dragged+on+the+ground+and+transported+in+taxi+boots+and+open+trucks.+Meat+inspection+at+these+points+was+not+thorough+because+of+stiff+resistance+of+butchers+to+carcass+condemnation.+Official+meat+inspection+records+for+the+state+from+2001+to+2004+revealed+that+overall+totals+of+159%2C000+cattle%2C+101%2C000+goats+and+67%2C000+sheep+were+slaughtered.+This+accounted+for+about+56%2C+57+and+57%25+shortfall+of+cattle%2C+goat+and+sheep+respectively+supplied+to+the+state+and+represents+the+volume+of+un-inspected+animals+during+the+study+period.+Fascioliasis+and+tuberculosis+were+the+most+common+infections+encountered+in+cattle+and+recorded+percentage+occurrences+of+16.7+and+7.5+respectively%2C+whereas+mastitis+was+common+in+goats+and+sheep+at+percentage+occurrences+of+5.8+and+5.0+respectively.+Overall+prevalence+rates+of+4.4%2C+8.0%2C+3.2%2C+3.3+and+1.5%25+were+recorded+for+tuberculosis%2C+fascioliasis%2C+streptotricosis%2C+mastitis+and+worms+respectively.+Animal+food+products+delivery+in+Imo+state+needs+to+be+improved+upon+in+order+to+safeguarded+the+health+of+consumers&rft.publisher=Dr.+B.S.+Kakkilaya&rft.contributor=Kakkilaya+Bevinje%2C+Dr.+Srinivas&rft.contributor=Baliga+B%2C+Dr.+Shatharam&rft.date=2006-09&rft.type=Journal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F5166%2F1%2F2006-2-2.pdf&rft.identifier=++Okoli+Chidi%2C+Grace+and+Okoli+Ifeanyi%2C+Charles+and+Okorondu+Ugochukwu%2C+Victor+and+Opara+Nwachukwu%2C+Maxwell++(2006)+Environmental+and+Public+Health+Issues+of+Animal+Food+Products+Delivery+System+in+Imo+State%2C+Nigeria.++%5BJournal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F5166%2F