Expert Tasks Livestock Farmers On Best Practices

The Director in-charge of Livestock/ Veterinary Services Department in the Rivers State Ministry of Agriculture, Dr Allswe  Emejuru, has called on livestock farmers in the state to observe best practices in the handling of their stock.
Emejuru, who stated this while speaking to The Tide in his office in Port Harcourt  on Monday said the sanitary condition of most livestock farms in the state leaves much to be desired.
According to him, the livestock department of the ministry is open to livestock farmers in the state and even beyond for expert services.
Emejuru, said the ministry was always in contact with livestock farmers across the state.
The Director further explained that the practice   whereby animals were deliberately left to roam the streets and communities was unhealthy.
“Livestock farmers who knowingly leave their stock to feed in the open are endangering the lives of these animals and those that consume them as meat”, he said.
According to him, when animals are in an enclosed  environment, their feeding  and sanitary need would be adequately taken care of.
He said this would not only ensure the good health of the animals but would make their meat consumable by humans.       On the manner of slaughtering animals, the expert spoke against strangling and other obnoxious methods being used.
He said animals should be slaughtered in a proper manner by experts