Assessment of physical facilities and detection of post-mortem lesions in public abattoirs in selected districts of Wolaita zone, Ethiopia

Table 1 Wolaita zone cattle population and annual slaughtered service information at the selected public abattoirs

Abattoir location	Distance from the main town sodo (km)	Distance from the district main road (km)	Metric GPs data (m.a.s.l)	Agro-ecological zone (AEZ)	Number of active staff	Number of slaughter service days/week	Cattle population (2018/19)	Number of VAT registered butchers (2018/19)	Number of cattle slaughtered in public abattoirs annually
Sodo Zuria	0	2.5	2375	Highland	35	5	269,920	25	6,720
Boloso sore	29	3	1803	Midland	25	4	118,211	15	3,024
Damota Gale	18	2.5	2015	Highland	24	4	158,444	12	2,520
Boloso Bombe	60	2	1603	Lowland	15	2	74,623	13	784
Damota Fulasa	25	3	1958	Midland	13	2	83,452	7	1,680
Damota Woide	38	1.5	1724	Midland	14	2	96,113	5	780
Duguna Fango	45	2	2173	Highland	12	1	198,048	2	823
Humbo Tabala	16	2	1645	Lowland	16	3	228,385	7	1,680
Gesuba Ofa	35	3	1560	Lowland	14	2	203,702	6	1,568
Damota Sore	15	2.5	2081	Highland	13	2	129,913	9	1,344
Kindo Koysha	50	1.5	1231	Lowland	12	2	221,123	5	728
Kindo Didaye	80	2	2296	Highland	11	1	219,592	2	691
Total							2,001,526	133	22,342

BoLFR, Bureau of Livestock and Fish Resource; VAT, Value added tax; ALT: altitude (< 1700 m above sea level (m.a.s.l.) lowland (Kola); 1700–2000 m.a.s.l. midland (Wonadega); and > 2000 m.a.s.l. highland (Dega) districts)
Data source: Wolaita zone BoLFR 2019 for cattle population data and butcher house information in the zone

ISSN: 1746-6148