Evaluation of Infrastructure and Animal Supply Logistics of the Abattoir in Ado Local Government Area of Ekiti State, Nigeria

Samenvatting

Ado Local Government Area (LGA) is the only LGA in Ekiti State that has standard abattoir.
This study was conducted to evaluate the infrastructural facilities, nature of stakeholders and animal
supply logistics as factors of service quality in the abattoir operations. Fifty (50) stakeholders were
randomly selected as respondents to well-structured questionnaire and interview schedule on the
activities in the abattoir. The respondents were mainly males (90%), married (86%), and aged 30-49
years (58%) and with fairly high literacy level (60 and 20% had secondary and tertiary education
respectively). The functionality of the lairage, slaughter hall and slab were rated as fair and
satisfactory by 6 and 50% of the respondents respectively; the cold room and condemned rooms
were not functional while 98% rated the rail system as bad. There was no electricity supply while
water availability and reticulation were poor. The average of 60 animals slaughtered weekly
consisted of White Fulani (41.3%), Sokoto Gudali (30.3%) and Red Bororo (23.9%) sourced from
neighbouring states at ? 51,000-90,000 (30%) and ? 91,000-130,000 and transported in
trucks/lorries. The carcass/cut parts are transported through unconventional means. Ante-mortem
and post-mortem inspections are carried out by qualified personnel who recorded Fasciolias is
(48%), Tuberculosis (42%) and Foot and mouth disease (8%) as the most prevalent. The
infrastructure and management need improvement while the butchers should be trained in animal
handling, slaughtering and meat processing procedures to enhance meat hygiene and revenue
generation in the abattoir.