Assessment of Dairy Cattle Feed Resources and Determination of Their Mineral Status in Kachebira, HaderoTunito, and Doyogena Districts, Kembata Tembaro Zone, Southern Ethiopia

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This study was conducted to asses dairy cattle feed resources and their mineral status in Kachabirra,Hadero Tunito Zuria, and Doyogena districts, Kembata Tembaro Zone, Southern Ethiopia.Multi-stage sampling procedure was used to collect primary data from dairy cattle producers. In the first stage Kachabirra, Hadero Tunito, and Doyogena districts were purposively selected based on their dairy cattle production potential. In the second stage, three kebeles were selected from each of the districts based on their betteraccessibility.In the third stage,from a total of 621 dairy cattle producers 243 sample householdswere selected purposively.Besides, a total of 27 composite feed samples were collected from the six feedsfrom each district. The samples were collected from each household during the questionnaire administration session and clustered into five categories based on the nature and relative similarities of the feeds. SPSS was used for analyzing the survey data whileSAS version9.4 was used for analyzing the laboratory results.The results of the study revealed that there was a significant difference (P < 0.05) inthe percentage of dairy cattle breed local and cross-breed (70.8% vs 29.2%),dairy cattle feed resources,crop residue, natural pasture, improved forage, agro-industrial by-product, and non-conventional feed (21.8%, 33.2%,17%, 15%,13%), respectively. Similarly,there was a significant difference (P

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Assessment of Dairy Cattle Feed Resources and Determination of Their Mineral Status in Kachebira, HaderoTunito, and Doyogena Districts, Kembata Tembaro Zone, Southern Ethiopia

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