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• TITLE: Factors Affecting Arab Goat Flock Dynamics in Western Lowlands of Ethiopia

  AUTHORS: Befikadu Zewdie, Mengistu Urge, Yosef Tadesse, Solomon Gizaw

  KEYWORDS: Entrance, Exit, Goat, Off-Take, Production Efficiency, Production Potential

  JOURNAL NAME: Open Journal of Animal Sciences, Vol.9 No.3, July 12, 2019

  ABSTRACT: The study was conducted to estimate flock dynamics of western lowland Arab goat and to assess their contribution to income of smallholder farmers in Kurmuk and Assosa districts, western Ethiopia. Flocks of 30 households were monitored for a period of 12 months in 2016. Data were analyzed using the general linear model procedure of SAS and two-way interaction effects were fitted in the model and retained when found significant in the preliminary analysis. The study result indicates that total entrances for all flock were significantly (p