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On-farm phenotypic characterization and performance evaluation of Bati, Borena and short eared Somali goat populations of Ethiopia

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Title On-farm phenotypic characterization and performance evaluation of Bati, Borena and short eared Somali goat populations of Ethiopia
 
Creator Gatew, H.
 
Subject animal breeding
goats
 
Description The objectives of this study were to describe the production systems, the morphological features, and growth and reproductive performances of Bati (Central Highland ecotype), Borena (Long eared Somali ecotype) and Short-eared Somali indigenous goat populations in their home tract, Ethiopia. The study covered Bati and Kalu districts for Bati goats in Oromiya and South Wollo zones (Amhara Region), respectively; Yabello for Borena goats in Borena zone (Oromia Region); and Shinille and Erer from Siti (the previous Shinille zone, in Somali Region) for Short-Eared Somali goats. For production systems description and morphological characterization of the three goat breeds a total of 601 heads of adult goats comprising 162 Bati (128 females and 34 males), 246 Borena (201 females and 45 males) and 193 Short-eared Somali (139 females and 54 males) were selected. In addition, flock monitoring were carried out and two PAs for each goat population were selected and a total of 125 household flocks (46 Bati, 48 Borena and 31 Short-Eared Somali) were monitored (beginning of April, 2013 to end December, 2013) to generate growth performance data. In terms of number, goats were the predominant species in all surveyed areas. The average (±SE) goat flock size (44.02±3.33) owned per household of Siti was significantly (p0.05),whereas Short-eared Somali goats remained significantly (p
 
Date 2014-05-30
2015-01-28T09:14:41Z
2015-01-28T09:14:41Z
 
Type Thesis
 
Identifier Gatew, H. 2014. On-farm phenotypic characterization and performance evaluation of Bati, Borena and short eared Somali goat populations of Ethiopia. MSc thesis in Agriculture (Animal Genetics and Breeding). Haramaya, Ethiopia: Haramaya University.
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/53933
 
Language en
 
Rights Open Access
 
Format application/pdf
 
Publisher Haramaya University