MUSCAT: The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Water Resources (MoAFWR) said people have to exercise caution when purchasing livestock and ensure that they are free of diseases, stressing the importance of slaughtering livestock in municipal slaughterhouses in order to preserve public health.
The ministry has outlined many precautionary measures that must be taken into account before, during, and after slaughter. They include ensuring that livestock is free of external parasites, for instance, ticks as their presence does not necessarily mean the presence of a disease.
Generally, there are some diseases, which do not show any obvious symptoms in livestock. The person involved in the slaughtering process has to be in good health and free from any injuries or wounds, with the need to wear protective clothing, the ministry emphasised.
The ministry stressed the need to dispose of slaughter waste in a healthy manner in order to curb any possible source of infection. 'For the sake of safety and prevention of infection with common diseases transmitted from animals to humans during slaughter, such as Crimean haemorrhagic fever, the slaughter must be done in slaughterhouses. If it is not possible, necessary preventive measures must be followed, such as wearing protective clothing and gloves, the ministry reiterated,' the ministry stated.
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