Fabrice De Paul Tatfo Keutchatang
Department of Biochemistry, Laboratory of Food Science and Metabolism, Faculty of Sciences, University of Yaoundé 1, PO box 812, Yaounde, Cameroon
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Research Article
Consumption of Chicken Products Therein Three Regions of Cameroon: Influencing Factors and Health Risk Perception Associated To the Use of Veterinary Drugs by Farmers
Author(s): Fabrice De Paul Tatfo Keutchatang*, Alex Dimitri Tchuenchieu Kamgain, Isabelle Sandrine Bouelet Ntsama, Gabriel Medoua Nama and Germain Kansci
The presence of veterinary drugs in poultry products constitutes a potential danger for population health, chicken being one of the most consumed of these products. To assess consumer’s exposure, data on consumption amounts, factors influencing consumption and risk perception for consumers constitute the first step. Therefore, there is a need to have data on chicken consumption, factors influencing and risk perception for consumers. A cross-sectional survey using questionnaires was used to collect information from 905 households in the Center, Littoral and West regions of Cameroon between August 2017 and April 2018. The results showed that per capita consumption of both chicken and eggs per month were 1.2 kg (14.4 kg/ year) and 0.5 kg (6 kg/year) for the Centre, 0.9 kg (10.8 kg/year) and 0.5 kg (6 kg/year) for the Littoral, 0.8 kg (9.6 kg/year) and 0.6 kg (7.2 kg/year) for West .. Read More»