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Academic Research Journal of Agricultural Science and Research Vol. 4(5), pp. 184-196. September, 2016. ISSN: 2360-7874 DOI: 10.14662/ARJASR2016.024
Full Length Research Performance evaluation of crossbred dairy cows in urban and peri-urban dairy systems of Sebeta Awas wereda, oromia, Ethiopia
1Dereje Shibru and 2Yoseph Mekasha
1Gambella University, College of Agriculture and Natural Resource, Department of Animal Science, Ethiopia 2Haramay University, P.O. Box 138 Dire Dawa, Ethiopia 1corresponding author Dereje Shibru, E-mail shibrud@gmail.com, P.o.box 126, Gambella, Ethiopia
Accepted 8 September 2016
The study was
aimed at evaluating performance of dairy cows in urban and peri-urban
dairy systems of Sebeta Awas Wereda, Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia.
The study used stratified random sampling method to select target farms
and sample respondents for the prepared questionnaire. Monitored farms
were selected based on survey data collected. Hence, 15% of farms having
crossbred dairy cows in mid stage of lactation (parity of 2–5) were
purposively selected from production systems and across herd size
category. Totally 18(2production systems*3 farm sizes *3 replicates)
farms were monitored. The two production systems were urban and peri-urban,
while the three farm sizes were, small, medium and large and each was
replicated three times. Questioner survey data collected were analyzed
using SPSS and monitored data using GLM of SAS. Dairy farming has been
gradually expanding in the areas. Hired laborers were employed for mpst
farms activities. Average crossbred dairy herd per household was
10.6+2.1 in urban and11.3+2 in peri-urban, where, proportion of cows in
herd was 46.3% and proportion of milking cows accounted for 76.7% in
urban and 81.2% peri-urban of their respective total cows. Stall-feeding
is the common practices of farms, mostly feeding hay, straw, wheat bran,
Nug cake, and brewery waste. The overall milk yield was 9.9+0.1, it was
significantly higher in peri-urban than urban farms. Cows in second and
third parity had significantly higher in milk yield than those in fourth
and fifth parity. Though statistically insignificant the overall mean
figure for respective milk compositions of protein, fat, total solids,
solids-not-fat and ash contents in urban farms were higher than peri-urban
farms. The overall observed productive performance of cows were good but
relatively inferior performance and prominent management problems were
observed in medium sized farms. How to cite this article: Shibru D, Mekasha Y (2016). Performance evaluation of crossbred dairy cows in urban and peri-urban dairy systems of Sebeta Awas wereda, oromia, Ethiopia. Acad. Res. J. Agri. Sci. Res. 4(5): 184-196
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