Proceedings of the 2Nd Annual I Conference on Completed Livestock Activities 14 to 16 September 2007

Proceedings of the 2nd Annual I Conference on Completed Livestock Activities 14 to 16 September 2007 Amhara Regional Agricultural Research Institute (ARARi) Bahir Dar, Ethiopia Editors: Abebe Mekoya, Halima Hassen'& EsheteDejen Proceedings of the 2nd Annual Regional Conference on Completed Livestock Research Activities 14 to 16 September 2007 Amhara Regional Agricultural Research Institute (ARARI) Bahir Dar, Ethiopia Dedicated to the late Dr. Abebe Mckoya Editors: Abebe Mekoya, Halima Hassen & Eshete Dejen Contents F o rw ard .................................................................................................... v Instructions to A u th ors............................................................................. vi- viii Microbial quality of raw cow's milk collected from farmers and dairy cooperatives in Bahir Dar milk shed area, Ethiopia Asaminew Tassew and Eyassu Seifii.......................................................... 1-12 Smallholder milk production system, milk utilization and marketing in West Gojjam zone of Amhara Region Asaminew Tassew and Eyassu Seiju...................................................... 13-28 On-farm evaluation of management practices and productivity of Fogera cattle in North-West Ethiopia Addisu Bitew, Getinet Mekuriaw and Tezera M ulugeta.................... 29-39 Growth performance of highland oxen supplemented with a nixture of vetch and oat hay or grain at Debre Berhan, North ?hewa Zone 40-49 Dereje Tadesse, Abebe Mekoya, Sisay Lemma and Ayele A bebe........... Preliminary study on the identification of honeybee enemies and diseases in Amhara Region Adebabay Kebede, Kerealem Ejiguand Nuria Yideg............................ 50-55 Evaluation of Quality Protein Maize (QPM) on the growth performance of Rhode Island Red (RIR) chicken breed Fisseha Moges, Getnet Zeleke and Tekeba Eshetie............................ 56-63 On-farm evaluation of colony splitting technique in Amhara Region 64-70 Adebabay Kebede, Kerealem Ejigu and Asaminew Tassew............... Evaluation of pre and post-weaning growth performances of Fogera calves Yitaye Alemayehu, Addisu Bitew and Azage Tegegne......................... 71-76 Common fly species of veterinary importance and their seasonal dynamics at Metekel Ranch, Amhara Region Hailu M azengia........................................................................................ 77-89 Forward The annual regional conference on completed research activities has three main purposes. Compiling results of completed research activities by researchers without being crmcalh evaluated for proper data analyses and interpretation without insuring vahdit\ of the findings has significant negative impact on the quality of the information to be delivered to the users. Hence, this annual forum is primarily important to monitor and evaluate research outputs and insure its validity. Secondly, the research output critically evaluated and sieved m this way will help to update technology manuals regularly based on proven technologies published m the proceeding. Hence, beyond publishing the proceeding it is important to extract appropriate recommendations or research outputs from the proceeding and update the technology manuals so that the information will be utilized by the extension. Researchers are therefore expected to take prompt action in this regard and prepare manuals regularly in Amharic for further dissemination of the findings to development agents working down at kebele level. In this way the interface between research and extension can also be expressed in a better way if the output from the forum is properly utilized. Another benefit of this annual forum is experience sharing among researchers regardless of seniority and its benefit can not be substituted by any form of training. Therefore, it is a good opportunity for live interaction among researchers and it is the responsibility of all to keep its continuity. Alemayehu Assefa i PhD) Deputy Director General Amhara Regional Agricultural Research Institute v Instructions to Authors Authors are requested to pay special attention to the instruction given below for preparation o f the manuscript. 1. Content of the paper The papers should be organized in the following manner: a) Title: The title should be concise but informative. Not more than 13 words. b) Author(s) name (s) ,and the name (s) and address (s) of the center/institution (s) where the work was carried out should follow the title. c) A bstract. The abstract should be condensed to a maximum o f 200 words and should be intelligible by it self. It should have objectives, methodologies, results, and a conclusion in a single paragraph. d) Introduction. This section of the manuscript should indicate the explanation or fundamental hypothesis on why the study or the research was conducted. Gaps found in previous related literatures and objectives should also be stated. e) Material and methods. Brief description of the environment, materials used, procedures followed, experimental design and statistical analysis applied are briefly explained here. Year of accomplishment should also be indicated. This has to enable others to repeat one’s experiment. f) Results and discussion. Result-is the core o f the paper. Simply and clearly stated presentation of what is found with the investigation as related what is stated in the introduction part. It includes un repetitive presentation of representative data. Discussion- should explain what the result means and its practical significance and implication for future study. Discusses whether it agrees or disagrees with previously published work. Based on this conclusions are stated with evidence and recommendations can be given for follow up. g) Acknowledgments. Acknowledgments, if any, may be given immediately following results and discussion section very briefly. h) References. Only publications cited in the text should be given in the references. All literatures cited should be closely relevant to the author’s work. Exhaustive list should be avoided, not more than 10 except under special condition. References should be arranged in alphabetical and chronological order (from older to recent). Checking the accuracy of references is the responsibility of authors. In the text, references should vi be presented in the author-year style. E.g. (Tan, 1978) or Tan (1978) ; (Lim and Aziz, 1979) or Lim and Aziz (1979). When there are three or more authors (Tan et al.,1979) Tan et al., (1979). References should be listed according to the following format. Note: names of Ethiopian authors are written fully. Journal Article Mabbayad, M.O. and Moody,K. (1985). Improving butachlor selectivity and weed control in wet -seeded rice. Journal o f Plant Protection in the Tropics 2(2): 117-124. Beyene Chichaibellu, Coppock, C.E. and McDowell R.E.(1977). Laboratory evaluation and estimation of nutritive values of some Ethiopia feedstuffs. J. Assoc. Adv. Agric. Sci Africa 4(2):9-23. Book Quinn, G.P., and Keough M.J (2002). Experimental design and data analysis for biologists. Cambridge university press, Cambridge. Edited works (Chapter in a book or paper in a proceedings) Loegering, William Q. (1984). Title of the chapter/paper . P. 165-192. In William R. Bushnell and Alan P. Roelfs (eds.) title of the book/the proceedings Academic Press, Orlando, Florida. Un Published reports Huxley, P.A.(1986) Rationalizing research on hedgerow intercropping: an overview. ICRAF Working Paper 40. Nairobi:ICRAF. P66-75 Personal communications are not included in a reference list. They are simply listed in the text as : (Anthony Youdeowei, Pers.comm.) or simply as (personal communication). 2. The format The manuscript has to be typed on one side only, double spaced on A4 sized paper and margins of 25,30, 35 and 25 mm on top, bottom, left and right margins respectively. The font type has to be times new roman through out . The font size of the text has to be 12 unless an otherwise specified below. Scientific names have to be written following standard binomial nomenclature. Except under special recommendation, the manuscript should not be more than 3500 words excluding illustrations. Or totally a maximum of 5-7 pages. The title of the manuscript has to be bold and centered, only the first letter written in upper case except under special condition. Author(s) name(s) and the institution to which they are affiliated should be written centered with font size of 10. Main Headings (introduction, materials and methods etc) should be left justified and bolded starting with capital letter. Sub-headings are typed alike the main headings but they are italicized and are not bolded. Figures and illustrations should be in a form suitable for edition and reproduction. They have to be black and white and with high contrast. Vll Tables should be numbered consecutively as Table 1, Table 2. etc.. in the order m which they are first cited in the text. Each table, with its heading, should be typed on a separate sheet A table should be self explanatory and concise. Table-footnotes should be marked with superscript * (asterisk) and the foot note has to be italicized with font size of 10. Authors are advised not repeat information in the text presented in the tables or in charts or graphs. Submission of un manageable and oversized tables may lead to rejection. All measurements must be reported SI units or metric system. Negative exponentials, like Kg ha'! are recommended in stead of writing as Kg ha. Point has to be used for decimal as 10.5 to say ten point five. Every three

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