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DOI	10.12895/jaeid.20142.238
	Husbandry and breeding practices of dromedary camels among pastoral communities of Afar and Somali regional states, Ethiopia
	Tadesse, Yosef; Urge, Mengistu; Abegaz, Solomon; Kurtu, Mohammed Yusuf; Kebede, Kefelegn; Dessie, Tadelle
通讯作者	Tadesse, Y
来源期刊	JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURE AND ENVIRONMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
ISSN	2240-2802
出版年	2014
卷号	108 期号:2 页码:167-189
英文摘要	The objectives of this paper were to identify and describe husbandry practices, herd structure, owners' trait preferences, breeding practices, and production constraints of camel in the two major camel rearing regions of Ethiopia viz. Afar and Somali, to generate baseline information that would help to plan possible breed improvement strategies and options for the different camel populations. The study sites were selected purposively while households from each of the sites randomly. Data were collected using formal questionnaires and focus group discussion. Results showed that average camel population per household was higher in Mille (28.06 +/- 2.27), Gode (27.51 +/- 2.02), and Moyale (24.07 +/- 2.13) districts. Female camel populations with age of > 1 year contributes 78-83 % of the total camel herd population in all the study districts. Higher number of female animals in the herd in the arid environment means providing continuous supply of milk and allows a rapid recovery of herd numbers after a disease outbreak or drought occurrence. This shows that pastoralists breeding objectives are in relation to the arid environment and female population in the herd. Most of the pastoral communities utilize a single breeding male camel per 40-50 female camels and this will affect productivity and heterogeneity of camel population. With regard to trait preference, all pastoral communities ranked milk yield as the first trait of choice, except Moyale district in which adaptation trait was the primary preference. Growth trait ranked second in Mille, Gode, Liben, and Jijiga pastoral communities where as adaptation trait ranked second in Amibara and Shinille pastoral communities. The major camel production constraints were feed, diseases, and lack of water in that order and the major cause of the constraints
英文关键词	breeding objective calf management selection trait preference
类型	Article
语种	英语
开放获取类型	DOAJ Gold
收录类别	ESCI
WOS记录号	WOS:000216584600004
WOS类目	Agronomy
WOS研究方向	Agriculture
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/330746
作者单位	[Tadesse, Yosef; Urge, Mengistu; Kurtu, Mohammed Yusuf; Kebede, Kefelegn] Haramaya Univ, Sch Anim & Range Sci, Dire Dawa, Ethiopia; [Dessie, Tadelle] ILRI, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; [Abegaz, Solomon] IBC, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Tadesse, Yosef,Urge, Mengistu,Abegaz, Solomon,et al. Husbandry and breeding practices of dromedary camels among pastoral communities of Afar and Somali regional states, Ethiopia[J],2014,108(2):167-189.
APA	Tadesse, Yosef,Urge, Mengistu,Abegaz, Solomon,Kurtu, Mohammed Yusuf,Kebede, Kefelegn,&Dessie, Tadelle.(2014).Husbandry and breeding practices of dromedary camels among pastoral communities of Afar and Somali regional states, Ethiopia.JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURE AND ENVIRONMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT,108(2),167-189.
MLA	Tadesse, Yosef,et al."Husbandry and breeding practices of dromedary camels among pastoral communities of Afar and Somali regional states, Ethiopia".JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURE AND ENVIRONMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT 108.2(2014):167-189.