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College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Dilla University, P.O. Box 33, Dilla, Ethiopia

Biography

Wondewsen Bekele, is currently working at College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Dilla University, P.O. Box 33, Dilla, Ethiopia. The number of articles published are 06, the number of times cited by, are 43 and the number of reads include are 331. The area of interest in the research was Dairy sciences, Microbiology, Biochemistry, Biosciences, Analytical and Organic Chemistry, Animal and Veterinary Sciences.

Publications

• Research Article   
  Characterization of Dairy Production Constraints, Existing Feeding Practices and Mineral Supplementation in Dairy Feeds in Two Districts of East Shoa Zone, Ethiopia
  Author(s): Wondewsen Bekele*, Gebeyehu Goshu, Berhan Tamir, Tilaye Demissie and Zemelak Sahle
  
  Study was carried out in Adaa and Adama zuria districts of Oromia Regional State with objective of assessing the existing dairy feeding practices, major dairy feeds and mineral resource at farm level. A cross-sectional study design was employed to assess dairy cattle feed and mineral resources. Then multistage sampling method was employed to select the study sample units, which had expected to be representative of the whole population, found in the study area. The districts were selected purposively, based on the number of dairy farm concentration. The result showed that the primary constraints for dairy owners were shortage of land (17.3, 14.6%); followed by feed shortage (13.4, 11.4%) in Ada’a and Adama Zuria districts, respectively. In the current study, 67.7% of respondents from Ada’a and, 89.4% from Adama zuria district did not grow any improved forages due to differe.. View More»
  DOI: 10.35248/2329-888X.19.7.219

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