TRADITIONAL METHODS OF PREGNANCY DETECTION IN EWE AT HADEJIA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, JIGAWA STATE

A. M.  Umar; B. F.  Muhammad; A.  Mohammed; Y.  Muhammad; L. A.  Kazaure; M. S.  Tamburawa; I. L.  Madigawa

doi:10.51791/njap.vi.7701

Authors

A. M. Umar Binyaminu Usman Polytechnic, Hadejia, Jigawa State.
B. F. Muhammad Bayero University, Kano.
A. Mohammed Federal Polytechnic Bauchi.
Y. Muhammad Binyaminu Usman Polytechnic, Hadejia, Jigawa State.
L. A. Kazaure Binyaminu Usman Polytechnic, Hadejia, Jigawa State
M. S. Tamburawa Kano University of Science and Technology, Wudil.
I. L. Madigawa Audu Bako College of Agriculture, Dambatta, Kano.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.51791/njap.vi.7701

Keywords:

Ewe, Socio-economic characteristics, Pregnancy, Detection and Traditional Methods

Abstract

The study seeks to characterise socio-economics of sheep farmers and identify the traditional methods of pregnancy detection in ewe at Hadejia Local Government Area, Jigawa State. Seventy (70) respondents were selected using simple sampling procedure and analysed with descriptive statistics. Majority (41.4%) of the respondents were between 21-30 years, male (57.1%), married (51.4%), had tertiary education (52.9%) and farmers (58.6%). Most of the farmers kept sheep and goat (50.0%), had 6-10 sheep (47.1%) with 6-10 years experience (40.0%) in small ruminant production and managed both ram and ewe (87.1%). The most accurate (50.0%) traditional method of detecting pregnancy in ewe is through mucous discharge from the vulva. It is recommended that further research on traditional method of pregnancy detection in ewe should be carried out.