Performance of Crossbred Dairy Cows Under Small and Medium Scale Farmers’ Management in and Around Shashamane City, Southern Ethiopia
Journal Title: Global Journal of Animal Scientific Research - Year 2014, Vol 2, Issue 1
Abstract
The study was conducted in and around Shashamane city to assess feed intake and productive performance of crossbred dairy cows during early lactation under farmers’ management. A total of 120 dairy farmers were selected for the study. Structured questionnaire, secondary data sources and field observations were employed to generate data. A total of 48 animals in early lactation and parity from 2 to 6 were used for monitoring study for the period of 90 days. Significant differences were observed in daily intakes of DM, crude protein and ME (P<0.001) between production subsystems and herd size groups. Daily milk yield was also significantly different (P<0.05) between production sub-systems and herd size groups (P<0.01). Therefore, from the current study it was concluded that productivity of animals on both production sub-systems and farm scale was below their expected genetic potential. Hence, large variation between production sub-systems and farm scale groups showed the opportunities for further improvement with strategic supplementation of energy and protein rich feeds.
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Girma Chalchissa Kenea
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