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ArticleVeterinary medicine and science2017

A 4-year study of the proportional distribution of male reproductive organ abnormalities in cattle slaughtered at Nyagatare abattoir, Eastern Rwanda.

Erick Kandiwa, Leoncie Nyirakunzimana, Gervais Habarugira, Borden Mushonga, Alaster Samkange

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Article in Veterinary medicine and science, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Erick KandiwaDepartment of Biomedical SciencesSchool of Veterinary MedicineFaculty of Agriculture and Natural ResourcesUniversity of NamibiaWindhoekNamibia.
Leoncie NyirakunzimanaSchool of Animal Sciences and Veterinary MedicineCollege of AgricultureAnimal Sciences and Veterinary SciencesUniversity of RwandaNyagatareRwanda.
Gervais HabarugiraSchool of Animal Sciences and Veterinary MedicineCollege of AgricultureAnimal Sciences and Veterinary SciencesUniversity of RwandaNyagatareRwanda.
Borden MushongaDepartment of Biomedical SciencesSchool of Veterinary MedicineFaculty of Agriculture and Natural ResourcesUniversity of NamibiaWindhoekNamibia.
Alaster SamkangeDepartment of Veterinary Clinical StudiesSchool of Veterinary MedicineFaculty of Agriculture and Natural ResourcesUniversity of NamibiaWindhoekNamibia.ORCID 0000-0003-0646-6250
University of Namibia · NAUniversity of Rwanda · RW

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Male reproductive performance has more impact on overall herd productivity than in the female. In order to assess herd productivity in cattle in Nyagatare, Eastern Rwanda, the proportional distribution of male reproductive organ abnormalities was investigated in 3087 bulls slaughtered over a 4-year period. The aim of the study was to investigate the proportional distribution of male reproductive organ abnormalities in exotic and indigenous bulls slaughtered over a 4-year period at Nyagatare abattoir in Eastern Rwanda. Positioning of the testicles was observed and recorded as the animals were assembled before slaughter. After slaughter, the internal and external reproductive organs of all bulls were removed, labelled and analysed for pathology. Significantly more indigenous (79.01%) than exotic (20.99%) animals were slaughtered (

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cryptorchidismexoticfertilityhypoplasiaindigenousorchitisscrotal hernia

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PMID29152312
PMCPMC5677771
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