The aim of this study was the determination of phenotypic and zootechnical characterisation in ovines breeds slaughtered at the Port-Bouët slaughterhouse for butchery in the city of Abidjan. Thus, a study was carried out on 160 slaughtered ovines breeds, including Djallonké and Sahelian ovine. Indeed, before slaughter, individual and direct observations of breeds, sex and coat color characteristics were done. Also, measurements of the height at the withers and the thoracic perimeter were done. Then a descriptive analysis was performed, followed by a Chi-square test for qualitative variables. In addition, an ANOVA was performed for the quantitative variables. The results show that ovines of the Sahelian breed (67.5%) are the most slaughtered. Thus, the most dominant coat colors in Djallonké and Sahelian ovine breed were respectively black-white (34.62%) and white (59.26%). Also, ovine 3 years or older (74.38%) were the most slaughtered. Djallonké and Sahelian ovine breed without horns and pendants were more slaughtered. The breed had an influence on the height at the withers (p < 2e-16) or the thoracic perimeter (p < 2e-16). Similarly, age had a significant effect on thoracic perimeter. However, the sex factor had no effect on the height at the withers and thoracic perimeter. In conclusion, the breeds, sex, ages or coat colors of slaughtered ovines at the Port-Bouët slaughterhouse are diversified.

The aim of this study was the determination of phenotypic and zootechnical characteristics of the caprine breed slaughtered for butchery in Abidjan city. Thus, a study was done on 120 caprine at the Port-Bouët slaughterhouse in the city of Abidjan. Then, the breed, coat colour, age, presence or not of horns, goatee and pendants, as well as the measurements, height at the withers and thoracic perimeter were determined. Descriptive statistics of these variables were produced. Followed by a Chi square test for qualitative variables. Furthermore, an ANOVA was performed for the quantitative variables. The results show that caprine Sahelian breed (94.17%) are more slaughtered than those of the Djallonké breed (5.83%). Coat colours commonly encountered are black-brown and black-piebald (28.57%) for Djallonké breed and brown-piebald (50.44%) for the Sahelian breed. Caprine breed over four years old age (73.33%) are more slaughtered than others. The tallest caprine on legs are from Sahelian breed (78.67 cm), males (80.98 cm) and those from 3 to 4 years old age (78.18 cm). The thoracic perimeter was 75.34 cm in caprine of the Sahelian breed, 77.54 cm for males and 76.35 cm for caprine breed of 3 to 4 years old age. The height at the withers and the thoracic perimeter are influenced by breed or sex (p < 0.05). In conclusion, the caprine breed slaughtered at the Port-Bouët slaughterhouse showed various breeds, sex, coat colors and ages.

This study was initiated to help improve the quality of beef produced at the Port-Bouët slaughterhouse in order to protect the health of consumers and facilitate the implementation of prophylactic measures. This is a retrospective study carried out at the Port-Bouët slaughterhouse on data collected from July 2019 to June 2020 on the cattle received. The data was collected, from January to May 2021, from the digital database of the operating system called the Animal Management and Identification System in Port-Bouët (SYGIAP 3.1). The results indicate that the slaughterhouse is supplied with cattle by four (4) countries with proportions of 47.81% (Burkina Faso), 35.81% (Côte d'Ivoire), 16.23% (Mali) and 0, 15% (Niger). The proportion of cattle slaughtered at the slaughterhouse is 84% ​​and the reasons for seizure with an incidence of more than 10% are congestion (17%), distomatosis (35%) and tuberculosis (39%). For the organs seized, there are the lungs (40.25%) and the liver (55.69%) which have prevalences above 10%; the proportions of total seizures made are 33.33% (1 seizure), 33.33% (1 seizure) and 33.34% (1 seizure) for the following reasons abscess, congestion and tuberculosis respectively. The financial losses linked to these various seizures (partial and total) amount to 76,770,400 FCFA. The Port-Bouët slaughterhouse should feed back the information obtained during the inspections allowing the implementation of prophylactic measures from the origin of the animals in order to reduce the financial and health impacts of zoonoses.