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Vol.4 , No. 6, Publication Date: Nov. 14, 2017, Page: 126-137
. The study was performed based on household survey using structured questionnaires. Three kebeles from each district and 20 households from each kebeles were sampled using simple random sampling techniques. For household survey, 300 households (60 from each district) were involved. Data were analyzed using SAS versions 9. Pastoral, agro pastoral and mixed crop livestock production system were the main production system in the study area with large proportion of sheep per house hold were found in Dinsho (15.6) and Goba (15.4). Across all the districts, Sheep were used primarily as a source of income generations through the sale of live animals with index value of 0.39, 0.42, 0.39, 0.38 and 0.37 for Agarfa, Dinsho, Goba, Sawena and Dawe Kechan District, respectively. In the study area selection was practiced both for male (70.33%) and female (86.33%) and appearance was the most selection criteria both for male and female sheep. Diseases, feed shortage and lack of good genotypes were the 1<sup>st</sup>, 2<sup>nd</sup> and 3<sup>rd</sup> production constraints with index value of 0.28, 0.19 and 0.18, respectively. The study indicated that the information obtained would assist in planning suitable conservation, improvement and extension programs for the indigenous sheep types.&picture=http://www.aascit.org/aascit/decorators/img/journal/892.jpg)
| [1] | Belete Asefa, Department of Animal and Range Sciences, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Madda Walabu University, Bale Robe, Ethiopia. |
| [2] | Tadesse Abate, Department of Animal and Range Sciences, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Madda Walabu University, Bale Robe, Ethiopia. |
| [3] | Eshetu Adugna, Department of Animal and Range Sciences, Sinana District Livestock Agency, Bale Robe, Ethiopia. |
The present study aims to describe production system of indigenous sheep types, selective breeding objectives and traits preferences of sheep types in five districts of Bale zone (Agarfa, Dinsho, Goba, Sawena and DaweKechan). The study was performed based on household survey using structured questionnaires. Three kebeles from each district and 20 households from each kebeles were sampled using simple random sampling techniques. For household survey, 300 households (60 from each district) were involved. Data were analyzed using SAS versions 9. Pastoral, agro pastoral and mixed crop livestock production system were the main production system in the study area with large proportion of sheep per house hold were found in Dinsho (15.6) and Goba (15.4). Across all the districts, Sheep were used primarily as a source of income generations through the sale of live animals with index value of 0.39, 0.42, 0.39, 0.38 and 0.37 for Agarfa, Dinsho, Goba, Sawena and Dawe Kechan District, respectively. In the study area selection was practiced both for male (70.33%) and female (86.33%) and appearance was the most selection criteria both for male and female sheep. Diseases, feed shortage and lack of good genotypes were the 1st, 2nd and 3rd production constraints with index value of 0.28, 0.19 and 0.18, respectively. The study indicated that the information obtained would assist in planning suitable conservation, improvement and extension programs for the indigenous sheep types.
Keywords
Bale Zone, Breeding Objectives, Indigenous Sheep Types, Production System, Trait Preference
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