Research for foreign bodies located in the rumen in goats by rumenotomy and after slaughter: The case of Mushweshwe

Abstract

In a sub-regional context, environmental pollution is a problem for which solutions are needed to clean up peri-urban or rural grazing areas. A case study was carried out on pollution by various wastes such as rubber which is on the rise. In Mushweshwe, Bushumba area, in eastern DRC, animals stray especially in the dry season when grass becomes scarce. Animals eat anything they encounter in the environment, including non-digestible and non-biodegradable waste. The autopsy reveals the presence of foreign bodies of different sizes in the stomach. This work aims to make a clinical diagnosis of gastric obstruction in goats and then confirmed after ruminotomy on the one hand and on the other hand to make a finding after the slaughter of the presence of foreign bodies in the gastric reservoirs. A ruminotomy on 15 goats showed 9 cases of foreign bodies of different kinds (60%) and at the slaughter of 28 goats, 16 goats or 57.1% presented with foreign bodies.