Pre-weaning kid mortality in Adamitulu Jedokombolcha District, Mid Rift Valley, Ethiopia

Abstract

A longitudinal study was conducted, from October 2008 to April 2009, on 188 kids born from flocks of 50 randomly selected households in Aneno and Edokontola villages in Adamitulu Jedokombolcha district, mid rift valley, Ethiopia. The aim of the study was to estimate pre-weaning mortality, identify associated factors and establish possible causes of death in goat kids. Data collected were used to evaluate the effect of sex, birth weight, parity, type of birth and some management practices on preweaning mortality. All the factors, except sex of the kid, significantly (at least P<0.05) influenced the mortality of kids. Generally mortality increased (P<0.05) with parity. There were more deaths in kids born in triplets than in twins and single litters. Management practices such as keeping new born kids with their doe near homestead, and separation of sick animals had significantly reduced (P<0.001) preweaning kid mortality. Mismothering was the most frequently suspected cause of mortality followed by pneumonia, enzootic ataxia, diarrhea, goat pox and predators. The study revealed the existence of very high kid mortality in the study area. Supplementation of multiple-bearing pregnant does and nursing does with multiple litters may be considered to reduce pre-weaning kid lose.

A community-based intervention approach to control disease outbreaks and climate-related deaths in communally raised goat kids in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa

“…Kids in their rst 45 days of life were at greater risk of being killed by exposure to extreme cold conditions in the area. This observation agrees with previous results by Alula et al (2014) who reported that climate-related problems always pose a greater risk to young stock kept under rural farming conditions. An improved housing infrastructure is necessity for better survival of young kids in resource-constrained communities.…”

“…Pneumonia occurs when infectious and non-infectious agents cause the lungs of goats to become in amed (Bhattarai, 2021;Vandana et al, 2015). The most frequent causes of respiratory infection and death are Pasteurella multocida or Mannheimia haemolytica (previously called Pasteurella haemolytica) (Alula et al, 2014;Diriba & Kebede, 2020). Heath complications from these pathogens are associated with poor management practices, such as overcrowded pens, poor housing conditions and other stressful conditions increasing susceptibility of the kids to P. multocida and M. haemolytica pneumonias (Arsoy, 2020;Yasmin et al, 2020).…”

“…Parasitic diseases play a detrimental role in hampering small ruminant production leading to serious production and nancial losses throughout the world (Fthenakis & Papadopoulos, 2018). For instance, the annual economic loss due to diseases, mortality and reduced reproductive performance was estimated at 150 million United States Dollar currency in Ethiopia (Abraham et al, 2018;Alula et al, 2014).…”

Effect of feeding level on production performance of lactating Red Maradi goats and post-natal performance of kids

“…Nowadays, by efforts of Government, NGOs and Development Projects, Red Maradi goats are widely distributed in Niger and West African countries. The major constraint limiting the productivity of Red Maradi goat is the nutritional management of dams with repercussion on milk production, live weight losses, low post-natal performances of kids (Pamo et al, 2007;Snyman, 2010;Ukanwoko et al, 2012;Petros et al, 2014), and slow growth rate of kids (Nnadi et al, 2007). Djibrillou et al (1998) reported a general body weight loss of red Maradi goats fed untreated or urea treated straws supplemented with or without concentrate and attributed this to a negative energy balance.…”

A community-based intervention approach to control disease outbreaks and climate-related deaths in communally raised goat kids in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa

“…Pneumonia occurs when infectious and non-infectious agents cause the lungs of goats to become inflamed (Bhattarai, 2021;Vandana et al, 2015). The most frequent causes of respiratory infection and death are Pasteurella multocida or Mannheimia haemolytica (previously called Pasteurella haemolytica) (Alula et al, 2014;Diriba & Kebede, 2020). Heath complications from these pathogens are associated with poor management practices, such as overcrowded pens, poor housing conditions and other stressful conditions increasing susceptibility of the kids to P. multocida and M. haemolytica pneumonias (Arsoy, 2020;Yasmin et al, 2020).…”