Ethiopia is a target country of the United States Feed the Future initiative as well a focus
country for Resilience, Nutrition and Water (USAID 2021; USAID, 2018; USAID, 2018b; …

Sheep in Ethiopia is among the major economically important livestock species in the
country, playing a significant role to the livelihood of resource-poor farmers and pastoralists …

Based on the results of participatory approaches to define traits in the breeding objectives,
four scenarios of ram selection and ram use were compared via deterministic modelling of …

Community-based breeding programs (CBBPs) for small ruminants have been suggested as
alternatives to centralised, government-controlled breeding schemes which have been …

Peste des petits ruminants (PPR), a devastating viral disease of sheep and goats, has been
targeted by the global community for eradication within the next 15 years. Although an …

The aim of this study was to identify breeding practices and trait preferences for indigenous
sheep in three districts (Estie, Farta and Lay Gayient) located in the northwest highlands of …

Survival analysis applying proportional hazards models was used to investigate genetic and
non-genetic factors affecting ewe longevity and lamb survival of sheep in Ethiopia. Data …

A cross-sectional study was undertaken in four (4) districts of the West Amhara sub-region of
Ethiopia with the aim of assessing the diversity and distribution of serotypes of Pasteurella …

Understanding characteristics of production systems and identification of specific preferred
traits related to breeding objectives is a first important step to the successful implementation …

The study was conducted in Gamogofa zone of Southern, Nations, Nationalities and People
Regional State with the objectives to describe its production systems, breeding practice and …