Retrospective study on the prevalence of bovine tuberculosis in cattle slaughtered at Uganda meat industries Abattoir, Kampala

Abstract

A retrospective study was carried out to assess the prevalence of bovine tuberculosis in cattle slaughtered at Uganda Meat Industries. abattoir located in Kampala with the main objective of assessing· the-prevalence, in. the different livestock types and finding out their origin. The study Was for the period of eight years (2005/2012) and all livestock slaughtered in this time were used as study samples, Carcasses recorded to have been TB infected at post mortem were all recorded as cases of the 59682 slaughtered cattle within this period, 76 were condemned as TB cases. This resulted in (0.13%) prevalence which ranged from (O%) to (O.27%) across the study years. The difference in prevalence between livestock types slaughtered in the abattoir was also done and cattle were found to have significantly high prevalence of (0.04%) as compared to, small ruminants (goats & sheep} that had (0.094%). Districts with high carcass condemnations due to TB were also identified with Mpigi district having the highest number of total carcases condemnations and the least being recorded in the districts of Masindi, Luwero and Mbarara, the overall livestock prevalence was (0.049%) suggesting that the disease is prevalent in al1 livestock species and collective efforts are required in the control. Further research Should be done in other abattoirs to establish the disease prevalence in, the slaughtered animals and also more studies should be done at the national to establish the disease prevalence in the country