August 2017

The effect of limiting feeding time by three and six hours per day during the starter period on broiler performance

In a completely randomized design, one hundred and twenty one- day old (Arbor acres) broiler chicks were randomly distributed in three treatments, five replicates with eight chicks per a replicate. The treatments were: 24 h ad libitum feeding (A), B feed removal from 9:00 to 12:00 noon (3 fasting hours) and C feed removal from 9:00 to 3:00 pm (6 fasting hours). Feed restriction was applied from 8 to 28 days of age. The...

Author(s): Somaia Mohamed Alkhair, Nureldin Ahmed Musharaf, Ibrahim Ismail Hamid and Omer Ibrahim Alkurdi

August 2017

Participatory identification of breeding objective traits of Woyto-Guji goat in Loma district, Southern Ethiopia

Woyto-Guji goat breeds suitable for diverse purposes in the different production environments or ecological zones in the district. Farmers in different production systems have different trait preferences and the strategies followed by them are also as diverse as the agro-environments within which they operate. Socio-economic (cash, asset, security) and production or yield attribute (meat) were ranked first and second...

Author(s): Yaekob Lorato, Kirman Manzoor Ahmed and Birhanu Belay