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Biosecurity and health incidence of pathologies in pig farms in the departments of man and Biankouma, Tonkpi region (Côte d’ivoire)
DIOMANDE Machiamy, BLE Yatanan Casimir and DADIE Adjehi
Year : 2026 | Volume: 11 | Issue: 1 | Pages: 68-75
Received on: 22/10/2025
Revised on: 27/11/2025
Accepted on: 22/12/2025
Published on: 01/01/2026
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DIOMANDE Machiamy, BLE Yatanan Casimir and DADIE Adjehi( 2026).
Biosecurity and health incidence of pathologies in pig farms in the departments of man and Biankouma, Tonkpi region (Côte d’ivoire)
. International Journal of Zoology and Applied Biosciences, 11( 1), 68-75.
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Abstract
Pig farming is experiencing difficult development in the Tonkpi region, in western Côte d'Ivoire for several reasons. This study aimed to contribute to the improvement of pig farms in this region. To this end, a study was conducted between December 2023 and February 2024 with 44 pig farmers, including 28 farmers from the departments of Man and 16 farmers from Biankouma. The breeders were surveyed on the basis of breeding practices, hygiene rules applied, pathologies encountered and their incidence. The study shows that there is a high proportion of men (86.4%) who work in the activity for several reasons including entrepreneurship (86.4%). The farms were mostly of the traditional type (81.8%) built with beaten earth, cement or wood equipment. The level of hygiene of the farms was acceptable in 50% of cases. Disinfection varied between the two areas (p = 0.020) and was non-existent in 62.5% of the farms in the Biankouma department. Several disease symptoms were reported by farmers and the most mentioned were diarrhea (63.6%), scabies (54.5%) and mastitis (31.8%). The mortality rate was 6.0 ± 2.96 with high mortality reported after weaning (45.5%) and before weaning (31.8%). The pig industry is an alternative to resolve several types of difficulties. Pig farmers in these localities must be interested in training in order to acquire knowledge that will improve productivity.
Keywords
Pig farming, Biosecurity, Pathologies, Cô te d’ Ivoire, Tonkpi.
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