September 1, 2021 Thesis Open Access

DULLACHA GUYO JALLA

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      <creatorName>DULLACHA GUYO JALLA</creatorName>
      <affiliation>Madda Walabu University</affiliation>
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  <titles>
    <title>ASSESSMENT ON CATTLE HUSBANDRY AND MARKETING PRACTICES AND TICK PREVALENCE EVALUATION IN DHAS DISTRICT OF BORENA ZONE, SOUTHERN ETHIOPIA</title>
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  <publisher>Zenodo</publisher>
  <publicationYear>2021</publicationYear>
  <subjects>
    <subject>Dhas District, Husbandry practices, feed resources, constraints, ticks, marketing.</subject>
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  <contributors>
    <contributor contributorType="Supervisor">
      <contributorName>Dr.Defar Girma</contributorName>
      <affiliation>MADDA WALBU UNIVERSITY</affiliation>
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  <dates>
    <date dateType="Issued">2021-09-01</date>
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  <language>en</language>
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    <description descriptionType="Abstract">&lt;p&gt;Cattle production is vital in the livelihoods of a pastoralist. However, poor husbandry practices and occurrence of various diseases hampering its productivity. The present study was carried out in pastoral area of Dhas District, Borena Zone, Southern Ethiopia, with the objectives of characterization of cattle husbandry practices, major health problems and marketing system. One time field visit descriptive and observational/cross-sectional study design consisting of personal observations, questionnaire survey, focus group discussions, key informants interviews and document analysis were employed for the investigation. Four kebeles were selected purposively for the study based on number of cattle population, availability of veterinary clinics and maketing center. A total of 193 households were randomly selected using simple random sampling method from the selected kebeles. Eighty five percent (85%) of the study participants (respondents) were males and 15% of them were females. The average family size and age of respondents in the study district were 7.4 &amp;plusmn; 0.24 and 45.61&amp;plusmn;0.97, respectively. Majority of the respondents (73.1%) were illiterate while 17.6% can read and write. The survey result showed that source of income for 85.5% households were from livestock production in the study district. The overall average cattle holding was 31.761 &amp;plusmn; 1.126 while the major purposes of keeping cattle were for milk consumption, meat consumption, income generation and social prestige, respectively. Natural pasture (grass) and browse (trees and shrubs) were the major source of feed during dry and wet season. The present result indicated that ponds, wells and motorized schemes were major source of drinking water for cattle in the study area. Lack of feed, shortage of water, disease incidence and shortage of grazing land were the major constraints for cattle production in the study district. The major diseases and parasites of cattle identified were contagious bovine pleuro pneumonia, blackleg, foot and mouth disease, trypanosomiasis, anthrax, lumpy skin disease, pasteurellosis, mastitis, ectoparasites (ticks) and endo parasites. From the diseases prevalent in the area, ticks infestation were ranked first by the study participants. Three hundre eighty four (384) cattle were randomly selected to further investigate ticks infestation. The result revealed that, Ixodid ticks infestation were found to be the most prevalent ticks infesting cattle of the study sites with overall prevalence rate of 93.75%. From the total examined cattle, 28.65% of male and 65.10% of female were found to be positive for ticks infestation harboring at least a single tick. The present result showed that age, sex and body condition scores of the cattle were significantly associated (p&amp;lt;0.05) with the prevalence of tick infestation. Those old age group, female, poor body conditioned animals were highly affected by tick infestation than the counter parts. The current assessment showed that 86% of the study participants got market information, 34.2%, 9.3%, 56.5%, 14% of the respondents got market information weekly, monthly, sometimes and never got information, respectively. Major reasons for cattle price variation were seasonal fluctuation of market price, difference in number of attending traders, difference in market facilities and proximity to urban center. Generally, to alleviate cattle production constaraints, improvement of factors such as cattle feed sources and range land productivity, water sources, health service facilities were the main points to be considered in study area.&lt;br&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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