Research Article

Assessment of Constraints of Artificial Insemination Service in Smallholder Dairy Cattle Keepers in Kacha Bira District of Southern Ethiopia

Table 2

Association of AI services with the level of owner’s education.

VariablesEducational levelDegree level N (%)Secondary level N (%)Primary level N (%)Illiterate N (%)X2 value

Insemination timingInseminate afternoon cow show estrus afternoon (wrong time)15 (71.4%)44 (73.3%)77 (86.52)24 (80.0%)4.99330.172
Inseminate in next day cow in estrus afternoon6 (28.6%)16 (26.7%)12 (13.5%)6 (20.0%)
Inseminate morning cow show heat morning (wrong time)16 (76.2%)44 (73.3%)76 (85.4%)22 (73.3%)4.03470.258
Inseminate afternoon cow show heat in the morning5 (23.8%)16 (26.7%)13 (14.6%)82 (6.7%)

If the cow did not conceive to repeated inseminationUse AI again and again7 (33.3%)36 (40.5%)34 (56%)16 (53.3%)5.82910.120
Use NM14 (66.7%)53 (59.6%)26 (43.3%)14 (46.6%)
No f (%)3 (14.3%)7 (11.7%)17 (19.1%)10 (33.3%)