HEALTH CONSTRAINTS IN SMALL SCALE CHICKEN PRODUCTION IN ETHIOPIA 63 Major health constraints and ethno-veterinary practices of small scale and backyard chicken production in some selected regions of Ethiopia A. MESKEREM* Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research, Debre Zeit Agricultural Research Center, Debre Zeit, Ethiopia *Corresponding author:
[email protected] ABSTRACT RÉSUMÉ This study was conducted with the aim of assessing major health constraints Contraintes majeurs pour la santé et pratiques ethno-vétérinaires dans la facing the small scale and backyard chicken producers and ethno-vet production familiale et à petite échelle de poulets dans certaines régions practices exercised in 5 regions of the country: Amhara (Debre Brehan and d’Éthiopie Kombolcha zones), Benishangul Gumuz (Assosa zone), Oromia (Haromaya and Jimma zones), Southern region (Hawassa zuria and Yergalem zones) Cette étude a été menée dans le but d’évaluer les principales contraintes and Tigray (Mekele zone). A total of 162 household respondents involved sanitaires et les pratiques ethno-vétérinaires lors de la production familiale in small scale and backyard chicken production (20 households in each et à petite échelle de poulets dans 5 régions d’Ethipie: Amhara (Debre zone) were purposively selected and interviewed. Data were collected Brehan et zones de Kombolcha), Benishangul Gumuz (zone d’Assosa), through pre-testing, semi-structural questionnaires and field observation. Oromia (Haromaya et zones de Jimma), région du Sud (zones de Hawassa The overall frequency of diseases reported as the main health constraint Zuria et Yergalem) et Tigray (zone de Mekele). Au total, 162 producteurs ont affecting chicken production in the study areas were, Newcastle disease participé à l’enquête (20 dans chaque zone).