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Table 1 Priority livestock species and common breeds in Mpigi and Gulu districts

From: Ethnopharmacological practices by livestock farmers in Uganda: Survey experiences from Mpigi and Gulu districts

   

Breeds

Management system

District

Livestock species

Priority %

Local %

Crosses %

Exotic %

Free range %

Semi-intensive* %

Intensive %

Mpigi

Cattle

35

47

48

5

15

80

5

 

Chicken

30

47

3

50

50

0

50

 

Pigs

25

80

17

3

0

80

20

 

Goats & sheep

10

85

13

2

5

90

5

Gulu

Goats**

50

80

15

5

20

78

2

 

Cattle

30

80

15

5

90

5

5

 

Pigs

10

5

50

45

10

20

70

 

Chicken

10

90

2

3

90

0

10

  1. *Semi-intensive management method is tethering (tying animals with a rope at a different fixed grazing/feeding area each day).
  2. **Sheep are much less common; preference for goats overrides.