Study of incidence of gross urogenital lesions and abnormalities on does slaughtered at Nyagatare slaughterhouse, Eastern Province, Rwanda
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2017
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Reproductive and urinary tract abnormalities are a cause of infertility, reproductive inefficiency, and economic losses in goats.
The aim of this study was to investigate the occurrence and nature of reproductive and urinary tract abnormalities encountered
in female goats slaughtered at Nyagatare abattoir in the Eastern Province of Rwanda. Reproductive and urinary organs from 369
female goat carcasses were opened by incision and then given a thorough macroscopic examination by visually inspecting and
palpating for evidence of abnormalities.The results showed that there was an overall occurrence of 7.8% reproductive organ/tract
abnormalities and 10.6% urinary organ/tract abnormalities. Ovarian hypoplasia was the reproductive abnormality with the highest
overall occurrence (32.3%) and renal calculi were the urinary organ abnormality with the highest occurrence (38.1%). 95.2% of
the reproductive organ/tract abnormalities observed usually result in infertility and 91.3% of the urinary organ/tract abnormalities
observed result in economic losses through condemnation of kidneys at slaughter. The high incidence of the observed urinary
organ/tract abnormalities represents a potential public health challenge. There was no significant difference in the occurrence of
reproductive organ/tract abnormalities according to breed (𝑝 > 0.05, 𝑛 = 31). There was also no significant difference in the
occurrence of urinary organ abnormalities according to breed (𝑝 > 0.05, 𝑛 = 42).
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Gross urogenital lesions, Abnormalities, Rwanda
Citation
Mushonga, B., Twiyizeyimna, S., Habarugira, G., et al. (2017). Study of incidence of gross urogenital lesions and abnormalities on does slaughtered at Nyagatare slaughterhouse, Eastern Province, Rwanda. Hindawi Journal of Veterinary Medicine, 1-7.