{"title":"Relative Contribution of Livestock Species to Meat Supply in Bauchi Metropolis, Bauchi, Nigeria","authors":"M M Abubakar, Y M Burrah","volume":74,"journal":"International Journal of Nutrition and Food Engineering","pagesStart":98,"pagesEnd":102,"ISSN":"1307-6892","URL":"https:\/\/publications.waset.org\/pdf\/6997","abstract":"
Primary and secondary data from the Bauchi abattoir were utilized to determine the relative contributions of different livestock species to meat supply in Bauchi Metropolis. Daily livestock slaughter figures for five months (June – October 2011) indicated that more goats (64.0) were slaughtered than either sheep (47.3) or cattle (41.30) each day (P<0.001) and fewer (P<0.05) animals (45.65) were slaughtered daily in June than either in August (57.07) or October (55.95). Five year (2006 – 2010) monthly slaughter records indicated that both species and year had significant (P<0.001) effects on number of animals slaughtered. More goats (2727.8) were slaughtered than either sheep (731.09) or cattle (520.06) each month and more animals were slaughtered in 2006 (1847.72\/month) than in 2008, 2009 and 2010 (997.67, 1029.13 and 1273.75\/month respectively). In terms of total carcass output, cattle accounted for 61-80% of the meat supply obtained from ruminant animals slaughtered at the Bauchi abattoir.<\/p>\r\n","references":"[1] M. M. Abubakar, M. M Bube, T. A.Adegbola, and E. O.\r\nOyawoye. \"Assessment of Four Meat Products (Kilishi, Tsire, Dambu\r\nand Balangu) in Bauchi Metropolis\". ACT - Biotechnology Research\r\nCommunications, vol. 1 (1) pp. 40-48, 2011.\r\n[2] M. M. Abubakar, M. M Bube, T. A.Adegbola, and E. O. Oyawoye..\r\nProcessing and Evaluation of Dambu, Tsire and Balangu from nonruminant\r\nanimals. ACT - Biotechnology Research Communications,\r\nvol. 1 (1) pp. 49 - 55, 2011.\r\n[3] FAO. \"FAOSTAT\". Food and Agriculture Organization of the United\r\nNations. Rome Italy, August 2012.\r\n[4] PRB. \"World Population Data Sheet\". Population Reference Bureau.\r\n1875 Connecticut Avenue, Washington DC, 2012.\r\n[5] Ladan, I. \"Animal Agriculture in Nigeria\". In: Animal Agriculture in\r\nWest Africa. Proceedings of the Joint Silver Anniversary Conference of\r\nthe Nigerian Society for Animal Production (NSAP) and West African\r\nSociety for Animal Production (WASAP) Inaugural Conference, 21-26\r\nMarch,1998, Abeokuta, Nigeria, Edited by O. A. Osinowo. Pp. 80-93,\r\n2008.\r\n[6] Butswat, I. S. R. \"Study on Seasonal Variation in the Reproduction\r\nStates of Sheep and Goats in Bauchi\". Ph.D Thesis, Abubakar Tafawa\r\nBalewa University, Bauchi, 1994.\r\n[7] Steel, R. G. D. and Torrie, J. E. Principles and Procedures of Statistics,\r\nBiometrical Approach. McGraw Hill Book Co., Inc. New York, 1980.\r\n[8] Ahemen, T. & Zahraddeen, D. \"Species Contribution as a Source of\r\nMeat and their Foetal Wastage in Taraba State, Nigeria\". Archives of\r\nApplied Science Research, vol. 2 (5) pp. 85 - 91, 2010.\r\n[9] Amogu, U. \"Required Policy Environment for Sustainable (Long Term\r\nGrowth and Development of the) Livestock Industry in Nigeria\". In:\r\nAnimal Agriculture in West Africa. Proceedings of the Joint Silver\r\nAnniversary Conference of the Nigerian Society for Animal Production\r\n(NSAP) and West African Society for Animal Production (WASAP)\r\nInaugural Conference, 21-26 March,1998, Abeokuta, Nigeria, Edited by\r\nO. A. Osinowo. Pp. 113-126, 2008.\r\n[10] David-West, K. B. \"Review of Livestock Development in Nigeria in the\r\n20th Century\". In: Animal Agriculture in West Africa. Proceedings of the\r\nJoint Silver Anniversary Conference of the Nigerian Society for Animal\r\nProduction (NSAP) and West African Society for Animal Production\r\n(WASAP) Inaugural Conference, 21-26 March,1998, Abeokuta, Nigeria,\r\nEdited by O. A. Osinowo. Pp. 94-112, 2008.\r\n[11] Butswat, I. S. R. and Bello M. \"Contribution of Different Livestock\r\nSpecies as Sources of Meat in Bauchi\", Nigerian Journal of Animal\r\nProduction, vol. 29 (2) pp. 207 - 216, 2002.","publisher":"World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology","index":"Open Science Index 74, 2013"}