Volume: 55 Issue: 2
Year: 2024, Page: 338-345, Doi: https://doi.org/10.51966/jvas.2024.55.2.338-345
Received: Oct. 12, 2023 Accepted: Jan. 15, 2024 Published: June 30, 2024
An assessment on knowledge of hygienic slaughtering practices in selected municipal corporations of Kerala was carried out. Thirty chicken retail entrepreneurs from each three selected municipal corporations of Kerala to a total of 90 were randomly selected for the study. Analysis of data revealed that 26.7 per cent of the respondents had high level of knowledge, 44.4 per cent had moderate level of knowledge and 26.9 per cent had low level of knowledge in hygienic meat processing. The respondents had more knowledge on scientific waste disposal and packaging processes and least knowledge in environmental hygiene in and around the meat stall. This demonstrates that a tailored training program is critical in the knowledge of hygiene slaughtering practices of chicken retail entrepreneurs in Kerala.
Keywords: Hygiene, municipal corporation, retail chicken meat stall entrepreneurs
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Greeshma, S.M., Rajeev, T.S., Jiji, R.S., Sathu, T. and Mohan, S.K. 2023. Knowledge of chicken retail entrepreneurs on hygienic slaughtering practices in municipal areas of Kerala. J. Vet. Anim. Sci. 55(2):338-345
DOI: https://doi.org/10.51966/jvas.2024.55.2.338-345