Prevalence of Cattle Diseases and Productive and Reproductive Traitsof Cattle in Ilu Aba Bora Zone, South Western Ethiopia

Abstract

A cross-sectional survey was conducted in three districts of Ilu Aba Bora zone of Oromia Regional State to assess prevalent diseases and productive and reproductive performance of cattle. A pre-tested, structured questionnaire was used to collect data. Using a stratified sampling technique, a total of 180 households from three districts were included in the survey. Collected data were analysed using descriptive statistics. Results indicated that the major diseases of cattle reported by respondents included Trypanosomiasis, Black leg, Pasteurollosis and mastitis with indices of 0.295, 0.212, 0.19 and 0.114, respectively. Majority (83.3%) of the respondents used traditional medicine to treat their sick animals. The overall mortality of cattle in the study area was found to be 19.2%, with 15.7 and 11.2% mortality of heifers and oxen, respectively. The overall average milk production per cow per day, lactation length, age at first calving and calving interval was 1.31±0.03 liter, 8.87±0.12 months, 49.37±0.25 months, 18.76±0.23 months, respectively and there was a significant (P<0.05) difference in all productive and reproductive traits of cows among the different study districts