Occurrences of Indigestible Foreign Bodies in Cattle Slaughtered at Morogoro Municipal Slaughterhouse, Tanzania

Table 2

Frequency of occurrence of different types of indigestible foreign bodies in cattle slaughtered at Morogoro Municipal Slaughterhouse.

Type of foreign body	Number (%) of animals with foreign body
Clothing materials	3 (3.2)
Hairballs	3 (3.2)
Leather materials	5 (5.4)
Metallic wire and nails	1 (1.1)
Fruit seeds	17 (18.3)
Plastic bags	47 (50.5)
Ropes	8 (8.6)
Stones	1 (1.1)
Mixed	8 (8.6)