PERCEPTION OF FARMERS, FEED PROCESSORS AND FEED RETAILERS ON CONTAMINANTS OF LIVESTOCK FEED AND WATER IN SOME SELECTED AREAS OF ETHIOPIA
The study was undertaken in Western, Eastern and Southern Shoa Ethiopia with the aim to assess the handling and storage practices of feeds and risks related to livestock water along the feed production, marketing and utilization chain. A total of 180 individuals (feed processors=33, feed retailer...
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Stefan cel Mare University of Suceava
2018
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| Sumario: | The study was undertaken in Western, Eastern and Southern Shoa Ethiopia with the aim to
assess the handling and storage practices of feeds and risks related to livestock water along the feed
production, marketing and utilization chain. A total of 180 individuals (feed processors=33, feed
retailers=51, smallholder dairy producers=96) participated in the study. Because of improper
harvesting and stacking, 91% of farmers encountered mold in roughage feeds. Most of the farmers
provide light-moldy feeds to livestock by mixing with uncontaminated ones. About 67% and 33% of the
interviewed farmers utilized extreme moldy feeds for firewood and damping respectively. Farmers
perceived industrial effluent and leech to be as a safety risk to livestock water. All the interviewed
farmers from Eastern Shoa are aware of industrial effluents as a problem for dairy production; and
66% and 34% of the respondents from Eastern and Western Shoa respectively identified leech to be a
safety problem to livestock water. About 69% of the farmers used bucket for scooping from water
bodies to exclude leech from being consumed by animals; and 50% of them treated animals with
chopped tobacco and onion as indigenous knowledge. Feed processors=64%, feed retailers=82% and
dairy producers=56% did not store their feed on raised floor indicating that there is probability of
mold formation in stored feeds. About 67% of the feed processors, 73% feed retailers and 58% of the
dairy producers stored concentrate feeds for shorter period of time (1 month).
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