Piloting a livestock identification and traceability system in the northern Tanzania–Narok–Nairobi trade route

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Livestock Research Instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Nairobien
cg.contributor.affiliationAfrican Union Interafrican Bureau for Animal Resourcesen
cg.contributor.crpAgriculture for Nutrition and Health
cg.contributor.donorUnited States Agency for International Developmenten
cg.coverage.countryKenya
cg.coverage.countryTanzania
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2KE
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2TZ
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africa
cg.creator.identifierFlorence Mutua: 0000-0002-1007-5511
cg.creator.identifierNICHOLAS NGWILI: 0000-0002-3940-4438
cg.creator.identifierBernard Bett: 0000-0001-9376-2941
cg.howPublishedFormally Publisheden
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s11250-017-1431-4en
cg.isijournalISI Journalen
cg.issn0049-4747en
cg.issue2en
cg.journalTropical Animal Health and Productionen
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.subject.ilriANIMAL HEALTHen
cg.subject.ilriFOOD SAFETYen
cg.subject.ilriLIVESTOCKen
cg.subject.ilriMARKETSen
cg.volume50en
dc.contributor.authorMutua, Florence K.en
dc.contributor.authorKihara, Absolomonen
dc.contributor.authorRogena, J.en
dc.contributor.authorNgwili, N.en
dc.contributor.authorAboge, G.en
dc.contributor.authorWabacha, J.en
dc.contributor.authorBett, Bernard K.en
dc.date.accessioned2017-11-03T13:56:24Zen
dc.date.available2017-11-03T13:56:24Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/89197
dc.titlePiloting a livestock identification and traceability system in the northern Tanzania–Narok–Nairobi trade routeen
dcterms.abstractWe designed and piloted a livestock identification and traceability system (LITS) along the Northern Tanzania–Narok–Nairobi beef value chain. Animals were randomly selected and identified at the primary markets using uniquely coded ear tags. Data on identification, ownership, source (village), and the site of recruitment (primary market) were collected and posted to an online database. Similar data were collected in all the markets where tagged animals passed through until they got to defined slaughterhouses. Meat samples were collected during slaughter and later analyzed for tetracycline and diminazene residues using high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). Follow up surveys were done to assess the pilot system. The database captured a total of 4260 records from 741 cattle. Cattle recruited in the primary markets in Narok (n = 1698) either came from farms (43.8%), local markets (37.7%), or from markets in Tanzania (18.5%). Soit Sambu market was the main source of animals entering the market from Tanzania (54%; n = 370). Most tagged cattle (72%, n = 197) were slaughtered at the Ewaso Ng’iro slaughterhouse in Narok. Lesions observed (5%; n = 192) were related to either hydatidosis or fascioliasis. The mean diminazene aceturate residue level was 320.78 ± 193.48 ppb. We used the traceability system to identify sources of animals with observable high drug residue levels in tissues. Based on the findings from this study, we discuss opportunities for LITS—as a tool for surveillance for both animal health and food safety, and outline challenges of its deployment in a local beef value chain—such as limited incentives for uptake.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.audienceScientistsen
dcterms.available2017-09-30
dcterms.bibliographicCitationMutua, F., Kihara, A., Rogena, J., Ngwili, N., Aboge, G., Wabacha, J. and Bett, B. 2018. Piloting a livestock identification and traceability system in the northern Tanzania–Narok–Nairobi trade route. Tropical Animal Health and Production 50(2): 299–308.en
dcterms.extentp. 299-308en
dcterms.issued2018-02
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0
dcterms.publisherSpringeren
dcterms.subjectanimal healthen
dcterms.subjectfood safetyen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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