Authors : R.A. Mbete, H. Banga- Mboko, P. , C. Vermeulen, Jean-Louis Doucet, P.L. Leroy and J.L. Hornick
Abstract: 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.
R.A. Mbete, H. Banga- Mboko, P. , C. Vermeulen, Jean-Louis Doucet, P.L. Leroy and J.L. Hornick, 2019. Evaluation of the Daily Bush Meat Intake in Urban Household Consumption in Brazzaville, the Capital City of the Republic of Congo. Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances, 18: 18-23.