HUSBANDRY AND BREEDING PRACTICES ALONG WITH EVALUATION OF ESTRUS SYNCHRONIZATION AND ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION SERVICES OF DAIRY CATTLE IN HADERO TUNTO AND DOYOGENA DISTRICTS OF KEMBATA TEMBARO

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The study was conducted in two districts of Kembata Tembaro zone, with the objective to assess breeding and husbandry practices of dairy cattle and to evaluate estrus synchronization and artificial insemination services of dairy cattle in Hadero- Tunto and Doyogena districts. Data were collected using semi structured questionnaire, retrospective study, field monitoring and a participatory farmers’ group discussion. A total of 180 respondents were randomly selected from the two districts (90 from each) for questionnaire survey. For retrospective study, data were collected on productive and reproductive performance of 911 dairy cattle from record book of the AI centers for 2017 to 2018 period. Field monitoring was conducted for 3 months on 80 cows. The dairy cows or heifers were selected purposively from kebeles and households. The data from survey were analyzed using (SPSS version 20) and the data from retrospective study and field monitoring were analyzed using (SAS version 9.1). For quantitative data obtained from field monitoring general linear model procedure of statistical analysis system (SAS version 9.1) was used. The overall mean for family size and ages of the respondents were 8.41±1.92 and 45.73 respectively. The mean family size and age of respondents showed highly significant (P

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HUSBANDRY AND BREEDING PRACTICES ALONG WITH EVALUATION OF ESTRUS SYNCHRONIZATION AND ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION SERVICES OF DAIRY CATTLE IN HADERO TUNTO AND DOYOGENA DISTRICTS OF KEMBATA TEMBARO

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