Prevalence of Indigestible Foreign Bodies in the Rumen and Reticulum of Sheep Slaughtered at Jimma Municipal Abattoir, Southwestern Ethiopia

Authors

  • Nejash Abdela

  • Fayissa Begna Deressa

  • Abdi Hassan

Keywords:

indigestible foreign bodies, jimma municipal abattoir, sheep

Abstract

Background Indigestible foreign bodies ingestion predisposed by environmental pollution is becoming a major global problem in ruminants Even though the impacts on cattle have gained some attention shoats are neglected Methods Cross-sectional study was conducted from September 2016 to December 2016 on 200 sheep slaughtered at Jimma municipal abattoir with the objective to determine the prevalence of indigestible foreign body in rumen and reticulum of sheep The study population was sheep coming for slaughter from different districts of Jimma zone Slaughtered sheep study unites were followed to collect their stomach and foreign body indigestible materials were assessed in the rumen and reticulum Questionnaire was used to collect some hypothetical risk factors and data were recorded during stomach investigation Logistic regression was used to determine the association of risk factors with occurrence of for foreign body Results From total of 200 sheep examined for the presence of indigestible foreign bodies 22 11 were found to be positive for indigestible foreign bodies in their rumen and or reticulum The types of different indigestible foreign bodies recovered were plastics 6 5 cloth 2 wire 1 and leather 0 5 with plastics being 59 0 of the case Prevalence of indigestible foreign body in thin medium and good body conditioned sheep was 35 7 11 2 and 3 2 respectively Furthermore the prevalence recorded in sheep 3 years 2-3 years and 2 years was 24 3 8 8 and 5 2 respectively Age and body condition difference were significantly associated with indigestible foreign bodies ingestion The prevalence was significantly higher in sheep of age 3 years compared to that of 2 years OR 5 160 CI 1 234 - 21 573 P Conclusion This study revealed that indigestible foreign body ingestion by sheep in the study area is prevalent which may indicate poor environmental protection and pollution with 0 031 and the prevalence in thin

How to Cite

Nejash Abdela, Fayissa Begna Deressa, & Abdi Hassan. (2017). Prevalence of Indigestible Foreign Bodies in the Rumen and Reticulum of Sheep Slaughtered at Jimma Municipal Abattoir, Southwestern Ethiopia. Global Journal of Medical Research, 17(K2), 27–34. Retrieved from https://medicalresearchjournal.org/index.php/GJMR/article/view/1292

Prevalence of Indigestible Foreign Bodies in the Rumen and Reticulum of Sheep Slaughtered at Jimma Municipal Abattoir, Southwestern Ethiopia

Published

2017-01-15