STUDY OF REASONS FOR SEIZURE IN SMALL RUMINANTS IN SOUTHEASTERN ALGERIA SLAUGHTERHOUSE

Abstract

Butcher's meat and its offal intended for human consumption are subject to mandatory sanitary inspection at the slaughterhouse level by veterinary inspectors. Our objective is to determine the main reasons for seizures at the Biskra slaughterhouse during a three-month period with a number of 2303 slaughtered animals (sheep and goats). We noted 975 seizures (42.33%), mostly sheep (46.20%) (p<0.001). The most affected organs in both species were the lungs (90.10% and 87.5% respectively in sheep and goats) and the liver (10.71% and 8.71% respectively in goats and sheep) (p<0.001). The other organs seized were the heart, kidneys and head. The main reasons for seizures were abscesses, pneumonia, hydatidosis and respiratory strongyles. The different reasons for seizures at the slaughterhouse remind us of the need to strengthen preventive measures upstream to fight against the pathologies at the origin of these crises

Keywords

• sheep
• goat
• organ
• lesions
• biskra