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

X² = 48.0581; ; AITs, artificial insemination technicians.