Tuberculosis infested beef which can be regarded as poisonous, is in circulation in Edo State, officials of the Edo State Veterinary Services have said. Giving the warning in Benin at the weekend, the Director, Veterinary Services, Dr. Charles Aibaogun said the infested beef is being sold in markets by traders who bought them from unapproved slaughter houses across the state.
He said some of the infested organs were discovered in the course of meat inspection in an abattoir in Benin City.
“Officials have uncovered a generalized case of tuberculosis infested beef which on inspection revealed modular lesions (or infested sites) which enveloped the surface of the various organs of the slaughtered cow”, he said.
He said the nodules are not easily destroyed by normal cooking process, adding that it is only meat inspection that can eliminate that kind of disease.
Dr. Aibaogun, who advised Edo people to purchase their meat from government approved abattoirs to ensure disease-free beef, said the rigorous inspection of meat by his officials was based on a tip off about tuberculosis infested cows being slaughtered in the state.
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Nigeria is one of the over 60 countries with a high incidence of tuberculosis(WHO REPORT). The slaughtered cow inspected in Edo state by Veterinary personnel was during the course of daily routine post mortem inspection, and such result in condemnation. Therefore, TB meat cannot be in circulation in Edo state.