Revista de Ciencias Animales y Producción Ganadera Acceso abierto

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Fattening Practice and Health Management of Small Ruminants in Dodota Woreda of Arsi Zone, Ethiopia

Abera Geleta Sime, Belete Shenkute Gemeda, Shimelis Regassa Degefa

The purpose of the study was to identify small ruminant fattening practices and health management in the study area in Dodota Woreda of Arsi Zone of Ethiopia. Results are based on focus group discussions and a survey of 180 sample houses. According to flock distribution, the research area of Woreda was classified into three groups: Mixed flock sites, goat dominating sites and sheep dominating sites. Small ruminant fattening was completed in three and four months for the majority of respondents, 33.89% and 27.22%, respectively. The current studies' findings regarding the use of industrial byproducts suggest that farmers occasionally have better insight into the advantages of feeding their animals. Due to a strong market demand and improved prices, small ruminants were fattened over Easter, Christmas and New Year with an index of 0.380, 0.290 and 0.127, respectively. With indexes of 0.310, 0.200, 0.150, 0.131 and 0.130, respectively, the slaughter of fattening small ruminants for holidays, births in families, circumcisions, weddings and guests were the most relevant events of slaughtering in the study area. All locations stated that sheep and goat pox, fasciolosis, diarrhea, camel disease, pneumonia, pasteurellosis, listeriosis, anthrax and foot and mouth disease were the most frequent hazards to small ruminant fattening. The identification of disease causes and ways of management through proper policies and the provision of information are areas of interventions to help farmers with marketing issues and enhance health.