Advances in dairy Research
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ISSN: 2329-888X
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ISSN: 2329-888X
+44 1300 500008
Meseret Mola
Ethiopia
Research Article
Assessment of Sheep and Goat (Small Ruminants) Production System in Esera District, of Dawro Zone, Southern Ethiopia
Author(s): Afras Abera Alilo, Abegaze Beyene and Meseret MolaAfras Abera Alilo, Abegaze Beyene and Meseret Mola
This study was conducted in Esera district Dawuro zone Southern Ethiopia with the objectives of assessing small ruminant production system. For the study one hundred thirty eight (HHs) owning small ruminant were selected randomly and semi-structured questionnaire was used to collect data on small ruminants’ production system, management, reproductive performances and availability of feed resources .The available feed resources are (a grass species, crop aftermath and 4 legumes species are the common ones). The average family size was 5.23 ± 0.195 per HH. Crop-livestock farming was the commonly used farming system (100%) with (69.1%) extensive and (30.9%) semi-intensive production system. The mean total land holding was 3.1288 ± 0.19 ha per HH and was significant (P<0.05) varied across agro-ecologies. The average sheep and goat flock size per HH was 6.08 ±.. View More»
DOI:
10.4172/2329-888X.1000215