Animal Supply and Logistics Activities of Abattoir Chain in Developing Countries The Case of Kumasi Abattoir, Ghana英文文献资料.docVIP

Journal of Service Science and Management, 2012, 5, 20-27 /10.4236/jssm.2012.51003 Published Online March 2012 (http://www.SciRP.org/journal/jssm) Animal Supply and Logistics Activities of Abattoir Chain in Developing Countries: The Case of Kumasi Abattoir, Ghana Samuel Frimpong , Girma Gebresenbet , Techane Bosona , Emanuel Bobobee , Elias Aklaku , 1 2* 2 1 1 1 Ibrahim Hamdu 1 Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana; Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden. 2 Email: girma.gebresenbet@slu.se * Received November 3 , 2011; revised December 6 , 2011; accepted December 15 , 2011 rd th th ABSTRACT The concern about the welfare of livestock during transport is increasing as animal production and transport for slaugh- ter and breeding is increasing. The main objective of this study was to investigate the characteristics of animal supply and activities in slaughter chain in the Kumasi abattoir, Ghana. The main stakeholders were indentified and interviewed. Based on the data and information gathered (through interview, field measurements, observation and activity registra- tion), the main characteristics of the animal supply and activities in the abattoir chain were mapped out. The study indi- cated that the animals were sourced from inside and outside Ghana. The purchased animals were first sent to a local collection centre before onward transportation to the Cattle Market in the Kumasi city, where the animals should stay until sold and taken to abattoir to be slaughtered. The study indicated that inhuman way of animal handling, incidence of non-ambulation, sickness and