Performance evaluation of progeny Of disseminated doyogena rams and farmers Perception toward improved rams progenies in silte And gurage zones, central ethiopia regional state, Ethiopia

Abstract

The study was carried out to evaluate the growth performance of progeny sired by 65 disseminated Doyogena breed rams on local ewes in selected districts of Silte and Gurage zones. A total of 298 pregnant ewes mated with either Doyogena or local rams belonging to 235 household heads (HHs) were enrolled in monitoring study and a total of 180 HHs were included in a cross sectional survey to address reproductive performance and farmers’ perception about improved ram’s progeny. For the monitoring study, 459 births (61.66% twin), 440 weaning ages, and 400 six-month ages data were recorded and analyzed by using the general linear model of SAS procedures. Survey data was analyzed using SPSS, and an index was used for qualitative data ranking