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- Title
Weight gain of calves under sylvo-pastoral and agro-sylvo-pastoral farms.
- Authors
Hessa, C. C.; Worogo, H. S.; Assani, A. S.; Idrissou, Y.; Azalou, M.; Alabi, C. D. A.; Zorobouragui, L.; Alimi, N.; Iwaka, C.; Alkoiret, I. T.
- Abstract
The search for better performance is one of the main reasons for the diversification of farming practices. The objective of the present study was to situate the growth performance of young cattle reared under four types of farmers previously identified: Small sylvo-pastoralists (SSP), Large sylvo-pastoralists (LSP), Small agro-sylvo-pastoralists (SASP) and Large agro-sylvo-pastoralists (LASP). For this purpose, the weights at specific age at birth, at 3 months and at 6 months as well as the average daily gains (ADG) between 0-3 months and 0-6 months were collected on young cattle for the period from 0 to 6 months. The data were subjected to an analysis of variance with the type of farm as the main variation factor and the means were compared by the Student t-test using the R software. The results showed that the calves of LASP and SASP were heavier at birth, at 3 months and at 6 months compared to those of SSP and LSP (p0.05). The results of this study highlight that agro-sylvo-pastoral practices induce better performance in cattle compared to those of sylvo-pastoral farms.
- Subjects
BENIN; AGRICULTURE; CALVES; ANALYSIS of variance; CLIMATE change; CATTLE
- Publication
Journal of Livestock Science, 2024, Vol 15, Issue 15, p15
- ISSN
2277-6214
- Publication type
Academic Journal
- DOI
10.33259/JLivestSci.2024.15-21