TY  - JOUR
T1  - Evaluation of the Daily Bush Meat Intake in Urban Household Consumption in
Brazzaville, the Capital City of the Republic of Congo
AU - Mboko, H. Banga- AU - Mbete, R.A. AU - , P. AU - Vermeulen, C. AU - Doucet, Jean-Louis AU - Leroy, P.L. AU - Hornick, J.L. 
JO  - Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances
VL  - 18
IS  - 1
SP  - 18
EP  - 23
PY  - 2019
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1680-5593
DO  - javaa.2019.18.23
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=javaa.2019.18.23
KW  - Brazzaville
KW  -consumption
KW  -fauna
KW  -food
KW  -household
KW  -wild meat
AB  - Bushmeat is of major importance to the food security of urban and rural populations of the Congo
Basin. A quantitative survey of bush meat consumption was undertaken in Brazzaville, involving about 1,050
urban households. The survey’s objectives were to evaluate the bush meat intake. The meat was drawn
essentially from three mammalian orders-artiodactyls (50.2%), rodents (28.1%) and primates (13.3%). The
average daily bushmeat consumption per capita was estimated at 14.03±33.8 g or 5.2 kg per inhabitant per year
and the total annual consumption in Brazzaville at 5121 tons. The probability distribution of mean daily
bushmeat intake by individual was highly asymmetric and assumed to be poisson type with a 8 value close to
7 g/day. This survey highlights the importance of implementing a new forest policy involving local and native
populations in the sustainable management of protected areas and hunting zones.
ER  -