Calf management practices, challenges and opportunities in traditional cattle production systems in the Peanut Basin of Senegal

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and advanced research instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Livestock Research Instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversité Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakaren
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversité de Thièsen
cg.contributor.crpLivestock and Fish
cg.contributor.donorMinistry of Foreign Affairs, Finlanden
cg.coverage.countrySenegal
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2SN
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionWestern Africa
cg.howPublishedFormally Publisheden
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s11250-015-0782-yen
cg.isijournalISI Journalen
cg.issn0049-4747en
cg.issn1573-7438en
cg.issue5en
cg.journalTropical Animal Health and Productionen
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.subject.ilriANIMAL PRODUCTIONen
cg.subject.ilriCATTLEen
cg.subject.ilriLIVESTOCKen
cg.volume47en
dc.contributor.authorTebug, Stanly Fonen
dc.contributor.authorKamga-Waladjo, A.R.en
dc.contributor.authorEma, P.J.N.en
dc.contributor.authorMuyeneza, C.en
dc.contributor.authorKane, O.en
dc.contributor.authorSeck, A.S.en
dc.contributor.authorLy, M.T.en
dc.contributor.authorLo, M.en
dc.date.accessioned2015-07-06T15:41:27Zen
dc.date.available2015-07-06T15:41:27Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/67229
dc.titleCalf management practices, challenges and opportunities in traditional cattle production systems in the Peanut Basin of Senegalen
dcterms.abstractCalf management in traditional cattle herds in many parts of the tropics receive less attention as compared to immediate income-generating cows or bulls. Information on long-term implications of poorly reared young stock is limited. A study to assess practices, challenges and opportunities during rearing of less than 12-month-old calves in traditional cattle herds in the Peanut Basin of Senegal was carried out. Data were collected on 207 farms through farm visits and completion of a questionnaire. Categorical principal component analysis followed by two-step cluster analysis identified two cattle production systems: livestock based (LB: 47.83 %) and livestock-crop based (LCB, 52.17 %). On average, 2.81 ± 0.15 calves were reared per farm. Calves were weaned at the age of 12.27 ± 0.32 months. A majority of the calves were of indigenous breeds (71.37 %) and were meant to serve as replacement stock (74.23 %). The tropical livestock unit for cattle owned was significantly lower in LB compared to LCB farms (12.71 vs. 18.85). Significantly higher number of farmers owned non-indigenous calves, had clean calf rearing area and reported feed availability in LB farms as compared to LCB farms. A majority of farmers (98.50 %) perceived calf morbidity and mortality as a major challenge in calf rearing. Meanwhile, labour was readily available to assist with calf rearing in 88.24 % of farms in both systems. Capacity building on improve husbandry practices could enhance calf survival and productivity in surveyed farms. Studies to better identify health and feeding constraints of calves will be necessary to define intervention targets.en
dcterms.accessRightsLimited Access
dcterms.audienceScientistsen
dcterms.available2015-03-17en
dcterms.bibliographicCitationTebug, S.F., Kamga-Waladjo, A.R., Ema, P.J.N., Muyeneza, C., Kane, O., Seck, A.S., Ly, M.T. and Lo, M. 2015. Calf management practices, challenges and opportunities in traditional cattle production systems in the Peanut Basin of Senegal. Tropical Animal Health and Production 47(5):797-804.en
dcterms.extentp. 797-804en
dcterms.issued2015-06en
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCopyrighted; all rights reserved
dcterms.publisherSpringeren
dcterms.subjectanimal productionen
dcterms.subjectcattleen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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