On farm characterization of Horro cattle breed production systems in western Oromia, Ethiopia
he survey was carried out in Horro district of Horro Guduru zone, west part of Ethiopia. The objectives of the survey were: to describe cattle production system, trait preferences, breeding practices, and constraints in utilization of the breed and to use the information generated as baseline data t...
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| author | Mekonnen, A. Haile, Aynalem Dessie, Tadelle Mekasha, Yoseph |
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| description | he survey was carried out in Horro district of Horro Guduru zone, west part of Ethiopia. The objectives of the survey were: to describe cattle production system, trait preferences, breeding practices, and constraints in utilization of the breed and to use the information generated as baseline data to design breeding strategy of the breed. Data were collected through in-depth interviews, group discussions and secondary data collections from different sources. Statistical Package for Social Science was employed to analyze data. Horro cattle are kept in a mixed crop-livestock production system and are the dominant livestock species in the area. Cattle have multi-functional roles in the production systems. Among reason of keeping cattle, draught power was ranked first followed by milk production. Farmers prefer composite traits from their male and female cattle. Draught power performance, body size, hump size, adaptability and coat color were among the higher ranked preferred traits for male cattle in that order. Preferred traits for female cattle include milk yield, fat yield, calving interval, adaptability and coat color. |
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| spelling | CGSpace215822025-06-13T04:20:20Z On farm characterization of Horro cattle breed production systems in western Oromia, Ethiopia Mekonnen, A. Haile, Aynalem Dessie, Tadelle Mekasha, Yoseph animal breeding cattle livestock he survey was carried out in Horro district of Horro Guduru zone, west part of Ethiopia. The objectives of the survey were: to describe cattle production system, trait preferences, breeding practices, and constraints in utilization of the breed and to use the information generated as baseline data to design breeding strategy of the breed. Data were collected through in-depth interviews, group discussions and secondary data collections from different sources. Statistical Package for Social Science was employed to analyze data. Horro cattle are kept in a mixed crop-livestock production system and are the dominant livestock species in the area. Cattle have multi-functional roles in the production systems. Among reason of keeping cattle, draught power was ranked first followed by milk production. Farmers prefer composite traits from their male and female cattle. Draught power performance, body size, hump size, adaptability and coat color were among the higher ranked preferred traits for male cattle in that order. Preferred traits for female cattle include milk yield, fat yield, calving interval, adaptability and coat color. 2012-08-06 2012-08-16T08:49:56Z 2012-08-16T08:49:56Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/21582 en Open Access Mekonnen, A., Haile, A., Dessie, T. and Mekasha, Y. 2012. On farm characterization of Horro cattle breed production systems in western Oromia, Ethiopia. Livestock Research for Rural Development 24(100). |
| spellingShingle | animal breeding cattle livestock Mekonnen, A. Haile, Aynalem Dessie, Tadelle Mekasha, Yoseph On farm characterization of Horro cattle breed production systems in western Oromia, Ethiopia |
| title | On farm characterization of Horro cattle breed production systems in western Oromia, Ethiopia |
| title_full | On farm characterization of Horro cattle breed production systems in western Oromia, Ethiopia |
| title_fullStr | On farm characterization of Horro cattle breed production systems in western Oromia, Ethiopia |
| title_full_unstemmed | On farm characterization of Horro cattle breed production systems in western Oromia, Ethiopia |
| title_short | On farm characterization of Horro cattle breed production systems in western Oromia, Ethiopia |
| title_sort | on farm characterization of horro cattle breed production systems in western oromia ethiopia |
| topic | animal breeding cattle livestock |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/21582 |
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