Volume 44, Issue 1, November 2024, Pages 186–193
SORO Soronikpoho1, Kouadio Kouakou Parfait2, Jean-Baptiste Aman3, Kouassi Koffi Dongo4, and Moussa Komara5
1 Laboratoire de Biochimie et Sciences des Aliments, UFR Biosciences, Université Félix Houphouët Boigny de Cocody, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
2 Laboratory of Biology, Production and Animal Health, Institute of Agropastoral Management, Peleforo GON COULIBALY University, Korhogo, Côte d’Ivoire
3 Laboratoire de Biologie et Cytologie Animales, Université Nangui Abrogoua, 02 BP 801 Abidjan 02, Côte d’Ivoire
4 UFR des Sciences Biologiques, Department of Biological Science, Peleforo GON COULIBALY University, Korhogo, Côte d’Ivoire
5 Université Nangui Abrogoua, 02 BP 801 Abidjan 02, Côte d’Ivoire
Original language: English
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The present study was carried out at the slaughterhouse in the town of Korhogo to assess the morphological characteristics and quality of sheep carcasses. For this purpose, all sheep admitted to the slaughterhouse were considered. On these animals, different parameters such as determination of age, sex, live weight and body condition score were evaluated before slaughter. The criteria for assessing the quality of the carcasses (state of fattening, conformation and coloring, carcass weight and yield), carried out according to evaluation grids after slaughter. The results showed that Djallonke sheep were the most slaughtered in this slaughterhouse (91.3% of total numbers), including females over 4 years old (37.1%). However, Sahelian breed sheep had a higher carcass yield (47.93%) (P ≤ 0.05) than that of the Djallonkes (46.16%). The carcasses were mainly category D (83.77%) and conformation E (41.15%). However, the proportion of red coloring carcasses was highest in the Djallonké breed (64.97%) than in the Sahelian breed (5.92%). From the analysis of these results, it appears that most sheep admitted to the Korhogo slaughterhouse are females who have not finished their career in extensive breeding. Which could be detrimental to the sustainability of farms.
Author Keywords: sheep, morphological characteristics, carcasses qualities, slaughterhouse, Korhogo.
SORO Soronikpoho1, Kouadio Kouakou Parfait2, Jean-Baptiste Aman3, Kouassi Koffi Dongo4, and Moussa Komara5
1 Laboratoire de Biochimie et Sciences des Aliments, UFR Biosciences, Université Félix Houphouët Boigny de Cocody, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
2 Laboratory of Biology, Production and Animal Health, Institute of Agropastoral Management, Peleforo GON COULIBALY University, Korhogo, Côte d’Ivoire
3 Laboratoire de Biologie et Cytologie Animales, Université Nangui Abrogoua, 02 BP 801 Abidjan 02, Côte d’Ivoire
4 UFR des Sciences Biologiques, Department of Biological Science, Peleforo GON COULIBALY University, Korhogo, Côte d’Ivoire
5 Université Nangui Abrogoua, 02 BP 801 Abidjan 02, Côte d’Ivoire
Original language: English
Copyright © 2024 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
The present study was carried out at the slaughterhouse in the town of Korhogo to assess the morphological characteristics and quality of sheep carcasses. For this purpose, all sheep admitted to the slaughterhouse were considered. On these animals, different parameters such as determination of age, sex, live weight and body condition score were evaluated before slaughter. The criteria for assessing the quality of the carcasses (state of fattening, conformation and coloring, carcass weight and yield), carried out according to evaluation grids after slaughter. The results showed that Djallonke sheep were the most slaughtered in this slaughterhouse (91.3% of total numbers), including females over 4 years old (37.1%). However, Sahelian breed sheep had a higher carcass yield (47.93%) (P ≤ 0.05) than that of the Djallonkes (46.16%). The carcasses were mainly category D (83.77%) and conformation E (41.15%). However, the proportion of red coloring carcasses was highest in the Djallonké breed (64.97%) than in the Sahelian breed (5.92%). From the analysis of these results, it appears that most sheep admitted to the Korhogo slaughterhouse are females who have not finished their career in extensive breeding. Which could be detrimental to the sustainability of farms.
Author Keywords: sheep, morphological characteristics, carcasses qualities, slaughterhouse, Korhogo.
How to Cite this Article
SORO Soronikpoho, Kouadio Kouakou Parfait, Jean-Baptiste Aman, Kouassi Koffi Dongo, and Moussa Komara, “Morphological characteristics and qualities of sheep carcasses admitted to the slaughterhouse in the Poro region,” International Journal of Innovation and Applied Studies, vol. 44, no. 1, pp. 186–193, November 2024.
