Prevalence and Direct Economic Losses from Bovine Tuberculosis in Makurdi, Nigeria

Table 2

Direct economic loss from condemnation of edible organs as a result of detection of tubercle lesion in cattle slaughtered in Makurdi abattoirs.

Parameters	Number of condemned cattle (n) (%)	Weight (W) (Kg)	DEL**
			(N)	($)
Year
2008	322 (16.64)	517.30	5.01 × 10^5	3101.90
2009	675 (34.89)	1070.50	1.00 × 10^6	6293.14
2010	358 (18.50)	554.50	5.34 × 10^5	3345.65
2011	344 (17.78)	541.20	5.18 × 10^5	3247.53
2012	236 (12.20)	363.00	3.56 × 10^5	2231.26
Organs
Lungs*	912 (47.13)	912.00*	9.12 × 10^5a	5700.00
Liver	523 (27.03)	1569.00	1.57 × 10^6b	9806.25
Heart	176 (9.20)	262.50	1.62 × 10^5c	1640.73
Spleen*	219 (11.32)	219.00*	8.30 × 10^4c	547.50
Kidney	105 (5.43)	84.00	8.47 × 10^4c	525.00
Seasons
Raining	784 (40.52)	1249.00	1.19 × 10^6d	7483.80
Dry	1151 (59.48)	1797.50	1.72 × 10^6e	1.07 × 10^4
Total	1935 (100)	3046.50	2.91 × 10^6	1.82 × 10^4

∗Quantity in number not in Kg, ∗∗DEL = nW × Av·P/Kg, N = Naira, and $ = US Dollar. Mean percentages with the different letters in the same column were significantly different (P > 0.05).