Environmental health impact of abattoir wastes in Ipata market, Ilorin, Nigeria
Abstract
The bacterial flora associated with Ipata abattoir wastes including sludge, effluent, dung, etc. were
enumerated and characterised. The total viable bacterial counts ranged between 5 x 109 and 5.4 x 109 cfu/ml/g with
cow dung yielding the highest. The isolates classified as members of Enterobacteriaceae included Escherichia coli,
Klebsiella pneumoniae, Salmonella typhi, Shigella sonnei, Enterobacter aerogenes and Proteus mirabilis. Others were
identified as Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Lactobacillus sp., Staphylococcus aureus and Bacillus anthracis. The nature of
the wastes generated at the abattoir during meat/carcass processing, their mode of disposal and the potential health risk
as well as their environmental impacts are highlighted.
Key Words: Environmental health; Environmetal sanitation; Abattoir wastes.
enumerated and characterised. The total viable bacterial counts ranged between 5 x 109 and 5.4 x 109 cfu/ml/g with
cow dung yielding the highest. The isolates classified as members of Enterobacteriaceae included Escherichia coli,
Klebsiella pneumoniae, Salmonella typhi, Shigella sonnei, Enterobacter aerogenes and Proteus mirabilis. Others were
identified as Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Lactobacillus sp., Staphylococcus aureus and Bacillus anthracis. The nature of
the wastes generated at the abattoir during meat/carcass processing, their mode of disposal and the potential health risk
as well as their environmental impacts are highlighted.
Key Words: Environmental health; Environmetal sanitation; Abattoir wastes.
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