Abstract: Livestock production and tanneries have high potential in Ethiopia, even though there are a critical shortage of quality raw hides and skins at national level. In the study districts there is high livestock population potential for hide and skin production but different types of defects were observed and hampered the effective and efficient utilization of these resources. Therefore, cross- sectional study was conducted in Bako Tibe and Ilu Gelan districts, West Showa zone, Oromia R...
Abstract: An experiment was conducted in Horro Guduru Zone, at Guduru Animal Production and Research Center (GAPRC) of Wollega University to evaluate the effect of Ficus sur (Cv. Forssk) fruits supplementation on feed intake, milk yield and composition, and sensory attributes of Horro cows. Twelve healthy lactating Horro cows of similar lactation stage, body weight and condition were selected from GAPRC. All of the selected cows were in early (one weak to 10days) lactation stage. The experim...
Abstract: The study was conducted to assess the availability of feed resources, major constraints of ruminant production, identify the major indigenous browse species (IBS) in the area, characterizing their local utilization, chemical composition, degradability and biomass yield in two agro-ecologies (Midland and highland)in the eastern zone of Tigray in northern Ethiopia. A semi structured questionnaire was used at community and household levels and a total of 270 respondents (180 from high...
Abstract: The study was conducted in Bedano district, East Hararghe Zone of Oromia Region, Ethiopia. To assess milk production, reproduction, handling, marketing system and analyze milk composition of local cows at smallholder farmers’. The study had two parts: survey and monitoring. For survey study Multi-stage stratified sampling technique was employed to select targets. The number of PAs selected from rural, 3 PAs (About 10% of these PAs) was selected by using purposive sampling and for...
Abstract: The study was assessed smallholder chicken production practices and locally available feed resources. Six kebeles from two districts and 30 households (HHs) from each 6 kebeles were selected purposively and stratified to local, exotic, and mixed breed keepers. Four locally used ration samples were identified, collected and analyzed at Haramaya University Animal nutrition laboratory. The average flock size was highest in mixed breed (16.6 chickens) rearing strata. Purchase (36.1%), ...
Abstract: The study was conducted in Bedano district, East Hararghe Zone of Oromia Region, Ethiopia. To assess milk production, reproduction, handling, marketing system and analyze milk composition of local cows at smallholder farmers’. The study had two parts: survey and monitoring. For survey study Multi-stage stratified sampling technique was employed to select targets. The number of PAs selected from rural, 3 PAs (About 10% of these PAs) was selected by using purposive sampling and for...
Abstract: Improvement of the contribution of the untapped huge goat resource of Ethiopia can be achieved through alleviating constraints and adjusting inefficient production practices which requires knowledge about roles of goat, husbandry practices, production constraints, performance under the prevailing condition and available resources. With this understanding, a survey study on goat production systems of mixed crop livestock (MCL) and Agro pastoral (AP) Farming systems in the rural kebe...
Abstract: A survey and other three interrelated trials were conducted on the objective of selecting the best maize form that would substitute brewery grain in crossbred (Fogera and Holstein Friesian) dairy cows ration. In the survey (paper I) a cross-sectional single visit multi-purpose design was used to assess farmers’ perception, and available practices for hydroponic fodder production. In paper II and III, a 4 x 3 factorial experiment (four maize varieties with three seed rates) in a C...
Abstract: The study was based on two experiments;Experiment Iused white leghorn layers (Paper I and Paper II) whereasExperiment IIused cobb500 broilers (Paper III and Paper IV). Experiment-I was conducted to study effect of replacing soybean meal (SBM)with graded levels of linseed meal (LSM) on feed intake, egg production and quality, fertility, hatchability and chick quality(Paper I) and egg chemical compositions, fatty acids profiles and eating quality (Paper II). Experiment-II studied fee...
This study aimed at characterizing the WASH cattle and their crosses reared semi-intensively in the Tolon District of Northern Ghana. The age, colour and twelve (12) different biometric traits were measured on 125 cattle and subjected to Chi- square and principal component factor analysis. WASH cattle were characterized by five different colour patterns; black, white, brown, fawn and black and white. The paired coloured pattern (black and white) was the most observed among the cattle. G...
ABSTRACTS Genetic diversity and genetic distance of five populations of the Nigerian breeds of goat were investigated using random amplified polymorphic DNA markers. Five breeds of goat were used for the study and each breed constituted a population, hence, the five populations considered in the study. The populations were: Sokoto Red (SR), Sahel (SH), Kano Brown (KB), Bornu White (BW) and West African Dwarf (WAD) goats. The experiment was conducted within four geographical zones of Nigeria: ...
ABSTRACT Two hundred and forty 14-day old broiler birds were used in a study conducted to investigate the physiological response of boiler birds to oral supplementation with aloe vera gel and neem leaf extracts. In experiment one, one hundred and twenty 14- day old broilers were used to assess the physiological response of the broiler birds to oral supplementation with alovera gel extract, while in experiment two, one hundred and twenty 14- day old broilers were used to assess the physiologic...
ABSTRACT A study was conducted with 300 “Bachelor” Brown laying birds to determine the performance, egg quality characteristics and serum biochemistry of laying birds fed diets containing neem leaf meal. The birds were randomly selected at nineteenth week of age into five treatment groups with three replicates per treatment with each replicate containing twenty birds. The experiment was laid out in a completely randomized design (CRD). Five isocaloric and isonitrogenous diets designated a...
ABSTRACT This study was conducted to find the effect of the delayed routine vaccination schedules on growth performance, blood parameters and immunity levels of broilers reared in a humid tropical part of Nigeria. A total of 90 broiler chickens were procured and sorted into three treatments (control, 1 week delay in vaccination and 2 weeks delay in vaccination). The results showed significant differences (P < 0.05) in all growth parameters studied with lower values for broilers with delayed v...
ABSTRACT Fifty hens and five cocks from a random mating population of light local chicken ecotype (LLCE) were mated and the fertile eggs hatched to obtain the parent generation (G0) used for this study aimed at improving egg production traits in the LLCE using a selection index. The hens were monitored for short-term (90-days from first day of lay) egg production traits namely: Body Weight at First Egg (BWFE), Average Egg Weight (AEW) and Total Egg Number (TEN). Data obtained were subjected t...