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Vol. 3 No. 1 (2014)
https://doi.org/10.4081/ijfs.2014.1665

Twelve-year analysis of cattle and buffalo slaughtering in Lazio Region (2000-2012): animal husbandry and veterinary public health implications

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Received: 10 May 2013
Published: 4 February 2014
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Cattle slaughtering, Buffalo slaughtering, Veterinary public health

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Selene Marozzi
Direzione Operativa Controllo degli Alimenti ed Ittiopatologia, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Regioni Lazio e Toscana, Italy.
Paola Scaramozzino
Centro Operativo per l’Anagrafe Zootecnica e Sistema Informativo di Epidemiologia Veterinaria, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Regioni Lazio e Toscana, Roma, Italy.
Renato Colafrancesco
renato.colafrancesco@izslt.it
Centro Operativo per l’Anagrafe Zootecnica e Sistema Informativo di Epidemiologia Veterinaria, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Regioni Lazio e Toscana, Roma, Italy.
In recent years, beef meat chain has undergone major transformations due to Community legislation and market changes. The purpose of this work is to analyse the information recorded in Banca Dati Nazionale (BDN; Italian computerised database for the identification and registration of bovine animals) on cattle and buffaloes slaughtered between 2000 and 2012 and related to Lazio Region as a result of breeding and/or slaughtering place. The analysis of the data showed a negative trend (-20.7%) for cattle slaughtered from 2000 to 2012. Most of this animals had been raised in Lazio Region (86%) and in particular in the province of Frosinone. The average age at slaughter for female is about 4 years (1417 days) and for males of 547 days. The buffaloes, however, are intended for slaughter at an average age of about 8 years, if female, and about one year if male.

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Twelve-year analysis of cattle and buffalo slaughtering in Lazio Region (2000-2012): animal husbandry and veterinary public health implications. Ital J Food Safety [Internet]. 2014 Feb. 4 [cited 2026 Sep. 13];3(1). Available from: https://www.pagepressjournals.org/ijfs/article/view/ijfs.2014.1665

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