Assessment of farmers’ management practices and factors affecting goats’ production system in Adami Tulu Jido kombolcha district of East Shawa Zone, Ethiopia

摘要

The study was conducted in Adami Tulu Jido Kombolcha district of East Shawa Zone of Oromia regional state to assess farmer management practice and factors affecting the health condition of small ruminant in the study areas. A semi- structured questionnaire was administrated to small holder farmers in the study areas. Sixty farmers were randomly selected from Two PAs namely Anano Shisho and Edokontola and subjected to semi structured questionnaire survey. The result of the survey revealed that 56.7, 33.3, 6.7 and 1.7% of the respondents’ farmers have on average 5, 15, 25, 35 and 40 goats respectively. About 76.5% of the respondent’s farmers are used communal grazing lands during the dry and wet season of the years. The most economic important of small ruminant diseases frequently observed in the study areas were identified as PPR, Cu deficiency, Sheep Pox and Parasite. To control internal parasites 51.7% of the respondents’ farmers of the study areas deworm their goats whereas 48.3% do not practiced deworming of their flocks. Majority of them (21.7%) deworm their animal whenever the goats have got health problem. About 91.7 % of the respondent farmers did not practice treating of their goats against external parasites. Hence, creating the awareness of farmers on goat’s health management practices and on feeds supplementation strategies especially during the dry season of the year should be due in place.