Management and Breeding Objectives of Maefur goat breed type in Erob district eastern Zone of Tigray, Northern Ethiopia

Gebreyowhens, Weldeyesus; Kumar, Rohotash

doi:10.5897/ijlp2017.0423

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“…The average mean ages at puberty for males and females were 9.6 and 8.7 months, respectively (Table 6). This is comparable with local goats in Northwestern Amhara (11.1 ± 1.5 months; [8]) and Maefur goats (9.52 ± 0.60 months; [27]). However, it was longer than the age at puberty reported by Abraham et al [4] for Begait goats (7.4 ± 1.9 and 8 ± 1.8 months for males and females, respectively).…”

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Husbandry Practices, Reproductive and Production Performanceof Indigenous Goats in Ahferom District, Tigray, Northern Ethiopia

Asmelash,

Woldegebriel,

Gebremariam

et al. 2024

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A study, conducted in Ahferom district (Tigray), Northern Ethiopia, aimed to investigate indigenous goats’ husbandry practices, productive and reproductive performances, and constraints. Two Tabias from midland and one from lowland in the district were purposively selected based on their potentiality. Twenty-four household (HH) goat keepers, eight from each Tabia, were randomly selected. A pretested semi-structured questionnaire wasused to gather data. Focus group discussions were also held with knowledgeable farmers and key informants. The collected data was analyzed using SPSS statistical software Version 28.0. In the study area, the goat flock structure (16.6±3.5) consisted of does (4.7±1.4), bucks (1.6±0.9), doe kids (3.6±1.2), and buck kids (2.9±0.8). The overall mean litter size, age at first kidding and kidding interval were 2.06±0.13, 12.9±0.2 years and 7.6±0.5 months, respectively. The mean amount of milk produced/day from a lactating goat was estimated to be 0.2 liters. Goats were kept by smallholder farmers for sale (52.5%), home consumption (24.4%), saving (13.1%), manure (10%), and prestige (1.0%) in the midland. Nevertheless, goats were kept for sale (33.3%), home consumption (33.3%), saving (12.5%), manure (16.6%), and prestige (4.1%) in the lowland. Goats in the study area were mainly dependent on browsing plants in both wet and dry seasons. The overall sources of water in the study area were water wells (40.1%), hand pumps (32.7%), and ponds (27.2%). Most (89.8%) farmers used separate houses for their goats. Diseases, drought, predators, inadequate extension support, feed and water shortages were the most important problems identified in the study area.

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Husbandry Practices, Reproductive and Production Performanceof Indigenous Goats in Ahferom District, Tigray, Northern Ethiopia

Asmelash,

Woldegebriel,

Gebremariam

et al. 2024

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“…The average mean ages at puberty for males and females were 9.61±0.81 and 8.63±0.90 months, respectively (Table 5). This is comparable with local goats in Northwestern Amhara (11.1 ± 1.5 months; [8]) and Maefur goats (9.52 ± 0.60 months; [22]). However, it was longer than the age at puberty reported by Abraham et al [4] for Begait goats (7.4 ± 1.9 and 8 ± 1.8 months for males and females, respectively).…”

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confidence: 79%

Husbandry practices, reproductive and production performanceof indigenous goats in Ahferom district of central Tigray, Northern Ethiopia

Asmelash,

Woldegebriel,

Gebremariam

et al. 2024

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The study aimed to investigate indigenous goats’ husbandry practices, productive and reproductive performances, and constraints was conducted in Ahferom district of central Tigray, Northern Ethiopia. Two Tabias from midland and one from lowland in the district were purposively selected based on their potentiality. Simple random sampling technique was employed to select 147 smallholder goats’ keepers. A pretested semi-structured questionnaire wasused to gather data. Focus group discussions were also held with knowledgeable farmers and key informants. The collected data was analyzed using SPSS statistical software Version 28.0. In the study area, goats were kept by farmers for sale (52.5%), home consumption (24.4%), saving (13.1%), manure (10%), and prestige (1.0%) in the midland. Nevertheless, goats were kept for sale (33.3%), home consumption (33.3%), saving (12.5%), manure (16.6%), and prestige (4.1%) in the lowland. Goats were mainly dependent on browsing plants in both wet and dry seasons. The overall sources of water in the study area were water wells (40.1%), hand pumps (32.7%), and ponds (27.2%). Most (89.8%) farmers used separate houses for their goats. The mean amount of milk produced/day from a lactating goat was estimated to be 0.2 liters. The overall mean litter size, age at first kidding and kidding interval were 2.35±0.59, 13.01±0.96 years and 7.44±0.76 months, respectively. Diseases, drought, predators, inadequate extension support, feed and water shortages were the most important problems identified in the study area. Designing sustainable improvement programs calls for understanding the husbandry practices and reproductive performance of goats in the study area.

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“…Statistically, age of puberty trend seems to increase with decrement of altitude. Current finding is shorter than the report of Weldeyesus and Rohotash (2018) who reported that about 12.7 months for Maefur goat breed managed under traditional management in Erob district, East Tigray. Most of the goats may often reach puberty without having achieved an adequate physical growth to support reproduction and first ovulation may not necessarily coincide with first estrus depending on nutritional status and breed (Greyling, 2010).…”

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Local sheep and goat reproductive performance managed under farmer condition in Southern Ethiopia

Hussein¹

2018

Int. J. Livest. Prod.

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Sheep and goats represent an important component of the farming system by providing about 12% of the value of livestock products consumed and 48% of the cash income generated at the farm level. Although diverse sheep and goats resources are found in Ethiopia, their productivity is low; the sector has not received a great deal of attention from scientists, administrators and legislators. Strategic recording and documentation of the performances of the animals in their native environment under farmer's condition is very essential. Current survey study was conducted in Dwaro zone, Southern Ethiopia to assess productive and reproductive performance of sheep and goat kept under framers management condition. Primary data were collected from 270 household selected randomly, while secondary data from relevant written documents. Survey result showed that ewes and does were weaned on average at age of 126.2±1.44 and 145.5±1.48 and 249.0±3.10 days in order and weaning age was significantly longer in highland and midland as compared to lowland whereas ewes age at puberty does not vary significantly across agro-ecological zone but does age at puberty is significantly shorter in highland. In addition, the finding indicated that age at first lambing and kidding was 408.0±3.32 and 393.5±3.05 days, respectively. Age at first lambing was not significantly (p>0.05) affected by agroecological zones while age at first kidding of does was significantly (p<0.05) longer in lowland (408.6±7.75 days) as compared to midland (385.6±4.31 days) and highland (386.2±0.83 days). Furthermore, survey result revealed that mean kidding and lambing interval was 269.9±3.08 and 269.0±2.89 days, respectively and kidding interval was significantly shorter in highland (263.5±6.0 days) and midland (264.0±5.89 days) relative to lowland (281.7±3.70 days), whereas lambing interval was not affected by agro ecological differences. Furthermore, the survey pointed out that household in the study area slaughtered sheep and goat at mean age of 258.1±4.39 and 255.6±2.49 days in sequence. Lowland household were preferred to slaughter sheep and goat at younger age as compared to midland and highland household for both species that preferred slaughtering of sheep and goat at older age. Feed and other related management improvement and implementing strategic breed improvement is the area that need further work in the future.

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Management and Breeding Objectives of Maefur goat breed type in Erob district eastern Zone of Tigray, Northern Ethiopia

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Husbandry Practices, Reproductive and Production Performanceof Indigenous Goats in Ahferom District, Tigray, Northern Ethiopia

Husbandry Practices, Reproductive and Production Performanceof Indigenous Goats in Ahferom District, Tigray, Northern Ethiopia

Husbandry practices, reproductive and production performanceof indigenous goats in Ahferom district of central Tigray, Northern Ethiopia

Local sheep and goat reproductive performance managed under farmer condition in Southern Ethiopia

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