Indiscriminate slaughter of pregnant goats for meat in Enugu, Nigeria: Causes, prevalence, implications and ways-out

• Patience C. Ugwu,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Animal Health and Production, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria

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• Emmanuel O. Njoga ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: njoga.emmanuel@unn.edu.ng (EON); ugochinyere.njoga@unn.edu.ng (UJN)

  Affiliation Department of Veterinary Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2333-7584

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• Ugochinyere J. Njoga ,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: njoga.emmanuel@unn.edu.ng (EON); ugochinyere.njoga@unn.edu.ng (UJN)

  Affiliation Department of Veterinary Obstetrics and Reproductive Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria

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• Chinwe J. Aronu,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Animal Health and Production, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria

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• Everest O. Atadiose,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Veterinary Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria

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• Chinwe E. Okoli,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Veterinary Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Abuja, Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Nigeria

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• Onyinye S. Onwumere-Idolor,

  Roles Investigation, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Animal Production, Faculty of Agriculture, Delta State University of Science and Technology, Ozoro, Delta State, Nigeria

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• Festus E. Ajibo,

  Roles Investigation, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Animal Health and Production, Enugu State Polytechnic, Enugu, Nigeria

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• Nichodemus N. Azor,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Animal Health and Production, Enugu State Polytechnic, Enugu, Nigeria

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• Sunday N. Bernard,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Animal Health and Production, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria

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• Ikenna E. Ozioko,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Animal Health and Production, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria

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• Ikechukwu S. Eze,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Animal Health and Production, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria

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• Festus O. Abonyi

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Animal Health and Production, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria

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