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PHENOTYPIC CHARACTERIZATION AND ASSESSMENT OF FARMER’S HUSBANDRY PRACTICES OF HARARGHE CATTLE BREED, IN THE HARARGHE HIGHLAND OF ETHIOPIA
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Publication Date: 2024-05-12 | Volume: 14 | Issue: 2 | Pages: 86-101
Type: Journal article | Discipline: Agriculture | Subject Area: - | Language: English
DOI: 10.15580/gjas.2024.2.051324062
Abstract
The study was carried out in three districts of East Hararghe zone, Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia, from August 2022 through April 2023, with the objectives of phenotypic and production system characterizing and to assess breeding and husbandry practices of the communities in the study areas (Fadis, Gursum and Goro districts). Field observations, semi-structured questionnaires, focus groups, interviews with key informants, linear body measurements of sample indigenous cattle, and secondary data gathering from various sources were used to acquire the data. Using non-parametric methods interviews were conducted with a total of 168 households (56 from each district), and 345 matured cattle were sampled for morphological description and linear body measurements. The average number of cattle per family was 5.91±0.35, and there were highly significant differences (p
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