This study was carried out at ten randomly selected slaughterhouses situated in Lagos and Ogun States, Nigeria. The aim was to evaluate the current waste generation and waste handling practices while exploring the possibility of reducing to the barest minimum the percentage of live weight cow that is considered as waste. This was achieved through questionnaire application, live interviews, literature review and physical inspection. It was shown that just 5 % of the total slaughtered animal weight, arising from bovine blood, dung and undigested paunch contents, coupled with the large volume of water required to wash off this small percentage of animal parts constituted the greatest proportion of environmental problems associated with slaughterhouse operations. Ways through which these waste materials could be converted into wealth, thereby relieving the environment from their harmful effects were suggested.
| Published in | American Journal of Environmental Protection (Volume 2, Issue 3) |
| DOI | 10.11648/j.ajep.20130203.12 |
| Page(s) | 85-89 |
| Creative Commons |
This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, provided the original work is properly cited. |
| Copyright |
Copyright © The Author(s), 2013. Published by Science Publishing Group |
Slaughterhouse, Solid Waste, Cattle, Wastewater, Regulation
| [1] | Omole, D.O. and Longe, E.O. (2008). An Assessment of the Impact of Abattoir Effluents on River Illo, Ota, Nigeria, Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, 1 (2), 2008, pp. 56-54. |
| [2] | Enterprise Ireland (2009). Sustainable Practices in Irish Beef Processing. National Development Plan, Government of Ireland. |
| [3] | Ezeoha, S.L. and Ugwuishiwu, B.O. (2011). Status of Abattoir Wastes Research in Nigeria. Nigerian Journal of Technology, 30(2): 143-148. |
| [4] | Tritt W.P. and F. Schuchardt (1992). Materials flow and possibilities of treating liquid and solid wastes from slaughterhouses in Germany, Bioresource Technology 41, 1992, pp. 235-245. |
| [5] | Environment Canada, EC (1998). Sampling for Water Quality. Ministry of Supply and Services, Canada. |
| [6] | Longe, E.O. and Omole, D.O. (2008), Analysis of Pollution Status of River Illo, Ota, Nigeria. The Environmentalist, 28: 451-457. |
| [7] | Sangodoyin, A.Y. and Agbawe O.M.(1992). Environmental Study on Surface and Groundwater Pollutants from abattoir effluents, Bioresource Technology 41, 1992, pp. 193-200, Elsevier Science Publishers Ltd, England. |
| [8] | Aniebo A.O, Wekhe S.N. and Okoli I.C. (2009). Abattoir blood waste generation in River state and its environmental implications in the Niger Delta. Toxicological and Environmental Chemistry 91, 619-625. |
| [9] | Ademola, A.I. (2010). Incidence of fetal wastage in cattle slaughtered at Oko Oba abattoir and Lairage, Agege, Lagos, Nigeria. Vet. Research 3(3): 54-57. |
| [10] | Blench, R. (1999). Traditional livestock breeds: geographical distribution and dynamics in relation to the ecology of west Africa.Overseas Development institute, London. |
| [11] | Opara, M. N., E. C. Nwachukwu, O. Ajala, and I. C. Okoli (2006). Effects of Breed and Weight on the Reproductive Status of Zebu, Cows Slaughtered in Imo State Nigeria. Life Science Journal, 3 (3): 77-81. |
| [12] | Blakely, D. (2009). Cull Cow Body and Carcass Composition, Ministry of Agiculture, food and rural affairs, 2009. Available at http://www.omafra.gov.on.ca/english/livestock/beef/facts/05-075.htm. Accessed 24th September 2011 |
| [13] | Scahill, D., (2003). Cow weight/cow meat ratio. Available at: http://www.experts.about.com/q/Food-Science-1425/cow weight-cow meat.htm. Accessed 24th September 2011. |
| [14] | Verheijen, L.A.H.M., D. Wiersema, L.W. Hulshoff Pol and J. DeWit, (1996). Management of Wastes from Animal Product Processing. International Agriculture Center, Wageningen, The Netherlands. |
| [15] | NBS (2007). 2006 Population Census. National Bureau of Statistics, Federal Republic of Nigeria. Available at http://www.nigerianstat.gov.ng/Connections/Pop2006.pdf. Accessed 7th May, 2009. |
| [16] | Akinfolarin, B. O. and Okubanjo A. O. (2010). Human population growth rate and meat supply in Lagos state (1991-2000). acta SATECH 3(2): 19 – 24. |
| [17] | LWC, (2011). LWC targets 733 million daily by 2020. Retrieved from: http://www.lagoswater.org/news.php?page=45. Accessed on: November 21, 2012. |
APA Style
D. O. Omole, A. S. Ogbiye. (2013). An Evaluation of Slaughterhouse Wastes in South-West Nigeria. American Journal of Environmental Protection, 2(3), 85-89. https://doi.org/10.11648/j.ajep.20130203.12
ACS Style
D. O. Omole; A. S. Ogbiye. An Evaluation of Slaughterhouse Wastes in South-West Nigeria. Am. J. Environ. Prot. 2013, 2(3), 85-89. doi: 10.11648/j.ajep.20130203.12
AMA Style
D. O. Omole, A. S. Ogbiye. An Evaluation of Slaughterhouse Wastes in South-West Nigeria. Am J Environ Prot. 2013;2(3):85-89. doi: 10.11648/j.ajep.20130203.12
Share This Article
Twitter
Linked In
Facebook
Copy
Download@article{10.11648/j.ajep.20130203.12,
author = {D. O. Omole and A. S. Ogbiye},
title = {An Evaluation of Slaughterhouse Wastes in South-West Nigeria},
journal = {American Journal of Environmental Protection},
volume = {2},
number = {3},
pages = {85-89},
doi = {10.11648/j.ajep.20130203.12},
url = {https://doi.org/10.11648/j.ajep.20130203.12},
eprint = {https://article.sciencepublishinggroup.com/pdf/10.11648.j.ajep.20130203.12},
abstract = {This study was carried out at ten randomly selected slaughterhouses situated in Lagos and Ogun States, Nigeria. The aim was to evaluate the current waste generation and waste handling practices while exploring the possibility of reducing to the barest minimum the percentage of live weight cow that is considered as waste. This was achieved through questionnaire application, live interviews, literature review and physical inspection. It was shown that just 5 % of the total slaughtered animal weight, arising from bovine blood, dung and undigested paunch contents, coupled with the large volume of water required to wash off this small percentage of animal parts constituted the greatest proportion of environmental problems associated with slaughterhouse operations. Ways through which these waste materials could be converted into wealth, thereby relieving the environment from their harmful effects were suggested.},
year = {2013}
}
TY - JOUR T1 - An Evaluation of Slaughterhouse Wastes in South-West Nigeria AU - D. O. Omole AU - A. S. Ogbiye Y1 - 2013/07/10 PY - 2013 N1 - https://doi.org/10.11648/j.ajep.20130203.12 DO - 10.11648/j.ajep.20130203.12 T2 - American Journal of Environmental Protection JF - American Journal of Environmental Protection JO - American Journal of Environmental Protection SP - 85 EP - 89 PB - Science Publishing Group SN - 2328-5699 UR - https://doi.org/10.11648/j.ajep.20130203.12 AB - This study was carried out at ten randomly selected slaughterhouses situated in Lagos and Ogun States, Nigeria. The aim was to evaluate the current waste generation and waste handling practices while exploring the possibility of reducing to the barest minimum the percentage of live weight cow that is considered as waste. This was achieved through questionnaire application, live interviews, literature review and physical inspection. It was shown that just 5 % of the total slaughtered animal weight, arising from bovine blood, dung and undigested paunch contents, coupled with the large volume of water required to wash off this small percentage of animal parts constituted the greatest proportion of environmental problems associated with slaughterhouse operations. Ways through which these waste materials could be converted into wealth, thereby relieving the environment from their harmful effects were suggested. VL - 2 IS - 3 ER -
Email: