EM™ for the Control of Internal Parasitic Load of Sheep in Ethiopia: EM™ for Livestock Health - Softcover

Woju, Chernet Woyimo

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3848498499 ISBN 13: 9783848498499

Publisher: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2012

Synopsis

An experiment was conducted to determine different levels of EM-bokashi® and MEM solution inclusion in supplemental diets of Afar sheep in controlling mixed internal parasitic load at Ethiopia condition. 25 yearling male Afar sheep with a BW of 18.8kg ± 1.6kg were used in the study. RCB design were used in which five sheep were randomly assigned to each of the five dietary treatments that consisted of ad libitum tef straw + concentrate (300gm/head/day) + no supplementation (T1), and supplementation of EM-bokashi® with 1% (T2), 3% (T3) and 5 % (T4) on dry matter (DM) basis and 14% (T5) MEM solution. Although total eggs count reduced from initial to final stage of the experiment, ANOVA showed that there were no differences (P < 0. 05) between treatments in decreasing loads of parasites on sheep receiving different levels of treatment diets and this might be due to the low setting of levels of supplementation of EM-bokashi® and solution.

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About the Author

Chernet Woyimo has obtained his M.Sc in Tropical Animal Production & Health in 2010 from Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia. He has been working as a Lecturer in Mizan-Tepi University. Beside to teaching, he has written different teaching materials and now working as a Vice Dean of the College of Agriculture & Natural Resources in the same University

Edition details

• Publisher: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3848498499
• ISBN 13: 9783848498499
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 72