Research Article
Assessment of Constraints of Artificial Insemination Service in Smallholder Dairy Cattle Keepers in Kacha Bira District of Southern Ethiopia
Table 4
Chief constraints of AI provision recognized in survey site.
| Constraints of AI service | Kebele | Respondent no. (%) | Ashera | Mexoma | Eta | Gemesha | Ketala |
| Conception failure | 16 (39.0%) | 29 (72.5%) | 18 (45.0%) | 30 (79.0%) | 32 (76.2%) | 125 (62.5%) | Unavailability of AITs | 4 (9.5%) | 0 (0.0%) | 6 (15.0%) | 5 (13.2%) | 0 (0.0%) | 15 (7.5%) | Death/dystocia | 0 (0.0%) | 3 (7.5%) | 2 (5.1%) | 1 (2.6%) | 1 (2.6%) | 7 (3.5%) | Conception failure and unavailability of AITs | 1 (2.4%) | 1 (2.5%) | 3 (7.7%) | 1 (2.6%) | 3 (7.1%) | 9 (4.5%) | Have no problems of AI service (n = 44) 22% | 20 (45.5%) | 7 (15.9%) | 10 (22.7%) | 1 (2.3%) | 6 (13.6%) | 44 (22.0%) | Total | 41 | 40 | 39 | 38 | 42 | 200 |
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X2 = 48.0581; ; AITs, artificial insemination technicians. |