The availability and utilization of animal by-products in Ghana

Abstract

This paper attempts to identify animal-based raw material resources from slaughter houses, the fishery and poultry industries, their estimation, utilization and finally the disposal of wastes from such processes. It became evident that quite huge quantities of animal-based by-products go to waste or are efficiently utilized in the country. This also contributed to blemishing of the environment, loss in foreign exchange through such material resource going to waste and above all poor management and development of human skills to exploit the fuller utilization of such resources