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_US
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Livestock Research Instituteen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversité Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakaren_US
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversité de Thièsen_US
cg.contributor.crpLivestock and Fishen_US
cg.contributor.donorMinistry of Foreign Affairs, Finlanden_US
cg.coverage.countrySenegalen_US
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2SNen_US
cg.coverage.regionAfricaen_US
cg.coverage.regionWestern Africaen_US
cg.howPublishedFormally Publisheden_US
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s11250-015-0782-yen_US
cg.isijournalISI Journalen_US
cg.issn0049-4747en_US
cg.issn1573-7438en_US
cg.issue5en_US
cg.journalTropical Animal Health and Productionen_US
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen_US
cg.subject.ilriANIMAL PRODUCTIONen_US
cg.subject.ilriCATTLEen_US
cg.subject.ilriLIVESTOCKen_US
cg.volume47en_US
dc.contributor.authorTebug, Stanly Fonen_US
dc.contributor.authorKamga-Waladjo, A.R.en_US
dc.contributor.authorEma, P.J.N.en_US
dc.contributor.authorMuyeneza, C.en_US
dc.contributor.authorKane, O.en_US
dc.contributor.authorSeck, A.S.en_US
dc.contributor.authorLy, M.T.en_US
dc.contributor.authorLo, M.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2015-07-06T15:41:27Zen_US
dc.date.available2015-07-06T15:41:27Zen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/67229en_US
dc.titleCalf management practices, challenges and opportunities in traditional cattle production systems in the Peanut Basin of Senegalen_US
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_US
dcterms.accessRightsLimited Accessen_US
dcterms.audienceScientistsen_US
dcterms.available2015-03-17en_US
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_US
dcterms.extentp. 797-804en_US
dcterms.issued2015-06en_US
dcterms.languageenen_US
dcterms.licenseCopyrighted; all rights reserveden_US
dcterms.publisherSpringeren_US
dcterms.subjectanimal productionen_US
dcterms.subjectcattleen_US
dcterms.typeJournal Articleen_US

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