Prevalence and risk perception of adult-stage parasites in slaughtered food animals (cattle, sheep and goat) among local meat personnel in Ipata abattoir, Ilorin, Nigeria

Abstract

Introduction There are numerous discrete settlements of Fulani and Bororo herdsmen in Ilorin, Kwara State; especially during the raining season when these men travel down to the Guinea savannah from far North in search of fresh grassland and water for their flocks. The livestock rearing system in north central Nigeria is