Pre-slaughter, slaughter and post-slaughter practices of slaughterhouse workers in Southeast, Nigeria: Animal welfare, meat quality, food safety and public health implications

• Emmanuel O. Njoga ,

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

  * E-mail: njoga.emmanuel@unn.edu.ng (EON); stanley.ilo@unn.edu.ng (SUI)

  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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• Stanley U. Ilo ,

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

  * E-mail: njoga.emmanuel@unn.edu.ng (EON); stanley.ilo@unn.edu.ng (SUI)

  Affiliation Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria

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• Obichukwu C. Nwobi,

  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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• Onyinye S. Onwumere-Idolor,

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

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

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• Chinwe E. Okoli,

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

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

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• Ishmael F. Jaja,

  Roles Conceptualization, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Agriculture and Animal Health, College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, University of South Africa, Johannesburg, South Africa

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• James W. Oguttu

  Roles Resources, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Agriculture and Animal Health, College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, University of South Africa, Johannesburg, South Africa

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6810-4437

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