Department of Agriculture, Sekota Dry land Agriculture Research Center (SDARC), Sekota, Ethiopia
Research Article
Growth and Milk Production Performance of Abergelle Goat under the Community based Breeding Program at Ziqula District, Northern Ethiopia
Author(s): Yeshiwas W*, Bekahagn W, Mulatu G, Wubeneh A and Alemu D
Community based goat breeding program is becoming a new approach which is implemented
nationwide in Ethiopia. The program was also being implemented in Abergelle goat breed for the last
six years (2014-2019) at Bilaque village in Ziquala district, Wag himra zone of North Eastern part of
Ethiopia. The objective of this study was device and implementation of community based goat
breeding program for the improvement of growth and milk production performance of the breed.
Goats from 33 goat keepers were monitored for the buck selection process. Best bucks were selected
at yearly basis based on their indexed Estimated Breeding Value (EBV) and unselected bucks were
culled out from the population through castration and sale. Generalized Linear Model (GLM)
procedure of SAS (9.0) in support with descriptive statistics and micro soft excel programs were used
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