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Preventive herd management practices and their effect on lamb mortality in Ethiopia

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Title Preventive herd management practices and their effect on lamb mortality in Ethiopia
 
Creator Genfors, E.
Magnusson, Ulf
Moliso, M.M.
Wieland, Barbara
König, U.
Hallenberg, G.S.
Båge, R.
 
Subject animal production
small ruminants
sheep
 
Description According to previous studies, lamb mortality is high in the Ethiopian highlands. The present study aims to evaluate the execution of preventive sheep herd health management practices with respect to if, and how, such practices are linked to occurrence of lamb mortality. Interviews were performed with 74 sheep-owning households participating in a capacity development program on livestock and 69 households not participating in such program. To evaluate the impact of combinations of performed practices, a scoring system was developed—the households retrieved a higher score the more desired routines were accomplished. To identify which practices had the highest impact on lamb mortality, a similar score was calculated for each phase of the sheep reproductive year, creating sub-scores for each phase. The results showed a significant (p 
 
Date 2023-02
2023-01-31T09:32:23Z
2023-01-31T09:32:23Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Genfors, E., Magnusson, U., Moliso, M.M., Wieland, B., König, U., Hallenberg, G.S. and Båge, R. 2023. Preventive herd management practices and their effect on lamb mortality in Ethiopia. Tropical Animal Health and Production 55(1): 42.
0049-4747
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/128347
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11250-022-03361-x
 
Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-4.0
Open Access
 
Format 42
 
Publisher Springer Science and Business Media LLC
 
Source Tropical Animal Health and Production