An Investigation on Reproductive Performance, Health Management and Marketing System of Native Sheep in Selected Areas of Bangladesh

Md. Ruhul Amin; Md. Ershaduzzaman

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An Investigation on Reproductive Performance, Health Management and Marketing System of Native Sheep in Selected Areas of Bangladesh

Md. Ruhul Amin, Md. Ershaduzzaman

Published in International Journal of Animal Science and Technology (Volume 4, Issue 4)

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The present research was conducted to assess the reproductive performance, health management, and marketing system of native sheep in selected areas of Bangladesh. The data was collected from selected 11 Upazilas of 6 districts in Bangladesh. A pre-tested interview schedule was used to collect data from 1768 sheep rearing farmers by using a simple random sampling technique and analyzed descriptively. The study denoted that the age at 1^st heat or puberty was 7.01±0.03 months. However, the age at 1^st lambing was found 12.65±0.03 months irrespective of areas. The litter size was found 1.93±0.01 and the highest was in Balagonj (2.17±0.04) Upazila. Moreover, the average birth weight was 0.94±0.01 kg and the highest was in Companygonj (1.76±0.04 kg) followed by Subornochar (1.63±0.18 kg) Upazila. The service per conception rate was 1.10±0.01. Most of the farmers (60.18%) were used own ram 100% of farmers were used natural breeding for breeding practice. The sheep rearing farmers in the study areas were found moderately aware of different neo-natal nourishment practices. However, only 6.39% of farmers in different study areas found dipping of their sheep. The sheep mostly affected by pneumonia (43.72%), diarrhea (40.33%), alopecia (28.51%), bloat (22.79%), and parasitic infection (15.55%) found in the study areas. The dog bite (15.55%) was found a major problem in native sheep rearing irrespective of the study areas. Only 28.51% and 12.56% of farmers were used anthelmintic and vaccine respectively. Most of the farmers sell their sheep in the hat/Bazar (82.75%) and 60.46% of farmers sell sheep to paiker or bapari followed by the butcher (22.33%). Furthermore, most of the farmers (82.28%) fixed value for the sheep on the basis of eye estimation. There was no record of wool selling irrespective of study areas. Lack of organized and structured marketing system found in the study areas. Emphasis should be given to the sustainable improvement of native sheep and marketing systems to improve the livelihoods of rural poor farmers in Bangladesh.

Published in	International Journal of Animal Science and Technology (Volume 4, Issue 4)
DOI	10.11648/j.ijast.20200404.15
Page(s)	98-103
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Native Sheep, Reproductive Performance, Neo-natal Nourishment, Deworming, Disease, Marketing

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Conservation and Improvement of Native Sheep through Community and Commercial Farming Project (Component- A, Research 2^nd Phase), Bangladesh Livestock Research Institute, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Conservation and Improvement of Native Sheep through Community and Commercial Farming Project (Component- A, Research 2^nd Phase), Bangladesh Livestock Research Institute, Dhaka, Bangladesh

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