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Table 5 Practices of feed supplementation (%) by dairy farmers in Jimma town

From: Assessment of feed resources, feeding practices and coping strategies to feed scarcity by smallholder urban dairy producers in Jimma town, Ethiopia

Variable

Type of farm

Small

Medium

Large

Total

P value

Practice of concentrate supplementation

    

0.361

 Yes

33.3

31.5

33.3

98.1

 

 No

0

1.9

0

1.9

 

Types of supplements used

     

 Noug cake

5.6

3.7

3.7

13.0

0.182

 Concentrate mix

0

3.7

0

3.7

 

 Wheat bran and concentrate mix

20.4

22.2

29.6

72.2

 

 Bean and pea hulls

3.7

3.7

0

7.4

 

 Wheat bran and hulls

3.7

3.7

0

7.4

 

Class of animals supplemented

    

0.191

 Milking cows

33.3

31.5

29.6

94.4

 

 Milking cows and calves

0

1.9

0

1.9

 

 All classes of cattle

0

0

3.7

3.7