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TY  - JOUR
AU  - Eze, I. E.
AU  - Achonwa, C. C.
AU  - Etuk, I. F.
AU  - Okoli, I. C.
PY  - 2024/07/08
Y2  - 2026/08/27
TI  - EVALUATION OF TRADE CATTLE WELFARE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES IN THE  TRANSPORT VEHICLES, AND ENTRANSIT IN NIGERIA
JF  - Nigerian Journal of Animal Production
JA  - NJAP
VL  - 
IS  - 
SE  - Articles
DO  - 10.51791/njap.vi.4451
UR  - https://mail.njap.org.ng/index.php/njap/article/view/4451
SP  - 401-404
AB  - &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;The study was aimed to evaluate the Data on the welfare management practices for trade cattle in the &lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;transport vehicles, and during transportation in Nigeria. The trading, and movement of animals across &lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;long and short distances have been shown to interfere with their welfare. It has become a well &lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;documented fact that welfare, and quality are related, and that poor welfare practices will result in &lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;inferior meat quality. A cross sectional survey of traders and drivers involved in the selling, buying and &lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;transportation of trade cattle was conducted at Obinze cattle market in Owerri. The data generated &lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;were subjected to descriptive statistics. Traders and transporters used mostly trailers and loaded 60 &lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;cattle and above in a double deck trailer as against the recommended welfare standard 40 animals in &lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;a double decked trailer. Squatting/lying down was the major positioning of the cattle inside the vehicle. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;Use of bedding materials was generally adopted by the traders and transporters. Animals were not &lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;protected from extreme weather entransit. Traders and transporters did not provide feed and water for &lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;the animals during journey time. There were no planned stoppages for feeding and watering enroute, &lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;even when the drivers covered about 500 to 1400 km distance, spending about 10 to 30 hours entransit. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;The animal welfare practices during the long distance transportation of cattle from the northern &lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;markets to the south were very poor&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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