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DeclarationThis is to certify that this thesis entitled “Feed Resources Availability, Cattle Fattening Practicesand Marketing System in Bure Woreda, Amhara Region, Ethiopia” submitted in partialfulfillment of the requirements for the award of the degree of M.Sc., in Livestock Production andPastoral Development to the School of Graduate Studies, Mekelle University, through theDepartment of Animal, Range and Wildlife Sciences done by Mr. Shitahun Mulu Belay, Id.No.FDA/PS0014/98 is an authentic work carried out by him under my guidance. The matterembodied in this project work has not been submitted earlier for award of any degree or diplomato the best of my knowledge and belief.Name of the student Shitahun Mulu Belay Signature & date______________Name of major advisor ________________________Signature & date______________Name of co- advisor________________________ Signature & date______________- iv -
AcknowledgmentsFirst and foremost, I would like to thank the Almighty God for blessing invaluable gifts of health,strength, believes, love, hope, patience and protection to me and my families throughout mystudy. Had not been the will of God, nothing would have been possible for me.I am very much indebted to acknowledge my research advisors Dr. Kefelegne Kebede and Dr.Azage Tegegne for their encouragement, genuine guidance, constructive comments and excellentcooperation, which enabled me to complete this study on time. I pleasantly express my thanks toDr.Yayneshet Tesfay, for his valuable comments for shaping of my thesis write-up. My thanksalso goes to the staff members of Mekelle University, particularly to the School of GraduateStudies, the Department of Animal, Range and Wildlife Sciences, computer laboratory, andlibrary for cooperating every required support starting from the course work up to the end.I would like to extend my thanks to ILRI-IPMS project and BoARD, ANRS for financing mystudy through IPMS-Bure Pilot Project, without which this work would have been impossible. Inthis regard, I have a full feeling of gratitude to IPMS- Bure Pilot Project staff Dr. YigzawDessalegne and Ato Yohannis Mehari who cooperates in-depth in technical advice, timelyadjusting my financial requests and arranging the vehicle and computer for my study work. FromILRI–IPMS, my special thanks go to W/Z Birkie Enyew and Muluhiwot Getachew for theirimmediate facilitation to my financial requests and transferring the working budgets on the righttime. My deepest thanks also goes to all the concerned staff of BoARD, ANRS especially to AtoTefera Derbew, Ato Teshome Walle, Ato Tesfaye Asefa, Ato Mintesnot Asefa and AtoAlemayehu Endeshaw for their full feeling contribution during I got this chance. Besides, thecontribution of Ato Tesfaye Asefa in editing the thesis write-up was highly valuable.- v -
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4.3. Feed Resources and Feeding Sys
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Table 9: Crop-residue and stubble g
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The total annual contribution of cr
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In general, correspondence analysis
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season grazing (Picture 3). As the
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Although expansion of cropland area
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The current study showed that, the
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ewery by-products was significantly
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diseases of fattening cattle includ
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were 3 months (21.36%), 3.5 months
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Table 14: Possible reasons for abse
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According to the observation made o
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cattle slaughtered in the slaughter
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4.7. Major Constraints and Opportun
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at the same time producing of high
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Chapter 5: Conclusions and Recommen
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higher (P
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5.2. Recommendations5.2.1. Research
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ReferencesAbate, A., Kayongo-Male,
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BoPED. 2000. Annual Statistical Bul
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McDowell, R.E. and Hildebrand, P. E
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Wilson, RT., Simeon E. and Simon Ma
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Appendix Picture 4: Private fattene
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Appendix Picture 10: Fattening oxen
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Appendix Table 3: One-way analysis
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Appendix Table 7: Contingency analy
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Appendix Table 9: One-way analysis
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3. Total livestock number and their
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1.4 Major occupation of the househo
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4.4 How do you store crop residues?
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5. Cattle Fattening Practice5.1 Wha
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6.2 What criterions have you consid
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4. Major parasites of fattening cat
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9. Indicate the availability of dif
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