Author(s)

Shehu AbdulQadir Zailani^1*, Sani Bello Nma², Nuhu Abubakar³, Hassan Kanti Madu⁴, Ahmad Tijjani Tinau⁵

¹Department of Animal Health Technology, Bauchi State College of Agriculture, Bauchi State, Nigeria.
²Department of Animal Health, Niger State Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries, Minna, Niger State, Nigeria.
³Department of Agricultural Extension and Management, Bauchi State College of Agriculture, Bauchi, Nigeria.
⁴Department of Animal Health and Production Technology, Federal College of Horticulture, Dadin-Kowa, Gombe State, Nigeria.
⁵Department of Animal Health Technology, College of Agriculture and Animal Science, Kaduna, Kaduna State, Nigeria.

Considering the widespread disease transmission among butchers/meat inspectors and a possible risk of exposure to diseases due to the attitude of some butchers and nature of meat inspector’s jobs. Ignorance and lack of awareness of such dangers has also been identified to be responsible for some of the problems encountered in most instances as well as the presence of some predisposing factors for diseases. In view of the above, this model is developed as a means of demonstrating the use of the abattoir and other registered related slaughter premises in the provision of the physical facility, where the primary role of extension personnel to develop the capacity and capability of target groups in the abattoir and livestock producing community, in order to enhance animal/zoonotic disease surveillance and control. The model if adopted and fully utilized will create awareness among target groups of dangers of disease transmission and ways of curtailing such problems, government through their agencies, professionals and private organizations should be involved in the implementation of this model in order to achieve the desired response.

Abattoir, Extension, Disease Transmission

Zailani, S. , Nma, S. , Abubakar, N. , Madu, H. and Tinau, A. (2019) Abattoir as a Tool for Veterinary Extension and Communication Services: A Practical Demonstration of Its Implementation. Open Journal of Veterinary Medicine, 9, 1-10. doi: 10.4236/ojvm.2019.91001.