Reproductive and Productive Performance of Indigenous Dairy Cows under Smallholder Farmers Management System in North

Ayeneshet, Bernabas; Abera, Mesele; Wondifraw, Zewdu

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“…The statistical analysis to be used in the study was vary depending on the type of variables and information obtained. However, the quantitative data was described by descriptive statistics (percentage, mean comparison, mode, median, standard deviation, etc) using Statistical Package for Social Sciences [11]. Chi-square was employed when required to test the independence of categorical variables and to assess association between levels of categorical variables.…”

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Characterization of Reproductive and Productive Performance of Indigenous and Crossbreed Dairy Cows in Angot District, North Wollo Zone, Ethiopia

Demeke¹

2020

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The study was undertaken in Angot district, North Wollo Zone, Ethiopia from June 2019 up to March 2020. The objective of the study was of characterize the reproductive and productive performance of indigenous and crossbred dairy cow in Angot district. The participatory rural appraisal (PRA) method was used to generate information during exploratory survey and 100 households were selected for formal survey by using random and purposive sampling technique. The estimated daily milk yield of local and crossbred cow was found to be 1.32±0.11 and 4.62±0.35 liters, respectively. The mean lactation length for local and crossbred dairy cow were reported by the respondents were 9.15±0.63 and 10.8±1.02 months, respectively. The estimated lactation yield of local and crossbred dairy cow in the study area was 365.42±1.96 and 1565.65±11.98 liters, respectively. The average age at first service of local and crossbred dairy heifers in the study area was 34.5±2.71 and 23.41±1.54 months, respectively. The age at first calving (AFC) of the indigenous and crossbred was 45.13±2.31and 34.51±1.94 months, respectively. The average calving interval of local and crossbred dairy cows in the study area were 18.38±1.05 and 15.52±0.97 months, respectively. The estimated average number of calf per lifetime of cow in the study area was 6.21±0.32 (for local) and 9.59±0.49 (for crossbred). The average reproductive lifetime of local and crossbred dairy cows in the study rea ware 16.21±0.27 and 14.07±0.23 years, respectively. The calculated reproductive efficiency of local and crossbred dairy cows were 46% and 77.53%, respectively. In conclusion, the present study indicated that the reproductive performance of dairy cow in the study area was low, thus it calls attention to improve management system to improve the reproductive performance of dairy cows.

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Characterization of Reproductive and Productive Performance of Indigenous and Crossbreed Dairy Cows in Angot District, North Wollo Zone, Ethiopia

Demeke¹

2020

IJAST

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“…The average result in this table is close to 7.01, 5.55 and 3.50 liters per cow, first, second and third lactation stage respectively overall average of mean was 8.4 while lactation length was 9.1 month, as reported by Duguma et al, 2012, thus the low milk production by the local breeds is associated by undeveloped feed resources, poor safety of animal, genetic factor problem (Duguma et al, 2012). Another study reveals lower milk production per day 1.5 litter and lactation length of 8.4 month in local breeds of Alefa and Quara districts, Ethiopia, thus poor value in reproductive performance carried by management factors such as poor feeding program, rough housing, poor health care (Abera et al, 2018).…”

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Assessment of Reproductive Efficiency and Herd Dynamics of Local Cattle Breeds in Benadir Region, Somalia

Hassan¹,

Dubad²,

Muse³

et al. 2020

Adv. Anim. Vet. Sci.

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Reproductive performance is one of the most important economic traits in beef or dairy production. The majority (60%) of Somalis are pastoral nomads and engage livestock production for livelihood, employment and income. Recurrent droughts and diseases are discouraging the pastoral production systems and forcing some pastoralists and diaspora to adopt small scale dairy production. Measuring the reproductive efficiency of dairy production in Somalia is paramount and deemed necessary. Therefore, an assessment was launched to assess factors that affect reproductive performance and understand the breeding regularity of local cattle breeds in Benadir region. This study was cross sectional and took place from Feb. 2018 to Feb. 2019. The study used both qualitative and quantitative data collection methods. A total of 100 respondents were interviewed to collect qualitative data while a total of 2916 cattle were examined to gather quantitative data. The overall estimated means for age at puberty (AP), age at first calving (AFC) and calving interval (CI) was: 37.9 months, 49.2 months, and 19.15 months respectively. The percentage of cows weaned live calf was 57.6%. The average milk yield of local breeds is estimated to be 8 liters per day with average lactation period of 7.7 months. In calves, the average birth weight, weaning weight, maturity weight was 15.22 kg, 156.3 kg, and 310.28 kg respectively. The fertility rate was also measured and it was found that the average conception rate to be 18%, a general fertility of 53.85% , a dystocia rate of 5.6%. Heredity, nutritional stress and diseases appeared to be the main problems causing low reproductive efficiency in the study area. Other challenges in cattle production in the area were low inputs and poor facilities. Therefore, it is recommendable that short trainings and appropriate technology transfer in delivering animal husbandry practice and basic veterinary services to small holder farmers in Benadir region.

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“…Reproductive performance of dairy cows is determined by traits like age at first services (AFS), age at first calving (AFC), calving interval (CI), days open (DO) and number of service per conception (NSC). Milk yield per day (MY/D), lactation milk yield (LMY) and lactation length (LL) are considered as an indicator of the productive performance [9].…”

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“…Calving interval has a great economic importance on the life time milk production and productive life of dairy animals, which ultimately affects the economics of the owners. It is known that the extended calving intervals detrimentally affect the longevity as a productive life, since the cow with longer calving interval has fewer lactation numbers throughout the same age of herd life compared with cows with shorter calving intervals [9]. The calving interval of Fresian cow is 413.04 days which have low interval than zebu cattle [10].…”

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“…Variation observed in lactation milk yield from lactation to lactation in the same animal. The main cause of difference attributed to the physiology of lactation is the specified set of genes and their response with non-genetic factors [9]. Normally in dairy cattle 30-40% increase in milk production from first lactation to maturity is observed.…”

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Review on Reproductive and Productive Performance of Dairy Cow in Ethiopia

Alem¹

2021

IJEE

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Ethiopia has largest livestock population in Africa. Despite the largest cattle population, its productive and reproductive performance is very low productivity is relationship between inputs and outputs. The information about reproductive and productive performance in Ethiopia is limited for smallholder. Therefore; the objective of this review paper was to highlight the overall aspects of reproductive and productive performance parameters under Ethiopian condition. Reproductive performance is a trait of outstanding importance in dairy cow enterprises. The production of milk depends heavily on reproductive activity. Reproductive performance traits include number of service per-conception (NSC), calving interval (CI) and days open (DO). Productive performance traits include lactation length (LL), lactation yield (LY) and daily milk yield (DMY) are important criteria for profitable dairy farming. In Ethiopia, crossbred dairy cattle mainly are crosses of zebu with Holstein-Friesian and the mean reproductive performance like CI and productive performance like LL were near to the optimum. The mean values of reproductive and productive traits lower in case of indigenous breed than Friesian and their crosses. However, information is limited about the reproductive and productive performance of dairy cows in smallholder, urban and peri-urban dairy farms in the tropics, particularly in Ethiopia. With efficient management of cows, it is possible to improve performance traits. It is concluded that by improving genetic makeup of dairy cow it is possible to improve the reproductive and productive performance of dairy cattle in Ethiopia.

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Reproductive and Productive Performance of Indigenous Dairy Cows under Smallholder Farmers Management System in North

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Characterization of Reproductive and Productive Performance of Indigenous and Crossbreed Dairy Cows in Angot District, North Wollo Zone, Ethiopia

Characterization of Reproductive and Productive Performance of Indigenous and Crossbreed Dairy Cows in Angot District, North Wollo Zone, Ethiopia

Assessment of Reproductive Efficiency and Herd Dynamics of Local Cattle Breeds in Benadir Region, Somalia

Review on Reproductive and Productive Performance of Dairy Cow in Ethiopia

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