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    Livestock waste management practices in Oyo state, Nigeria
    (Sciendo (De Gruyter Poland), 2016) Abiola J. O.; Olaogun S. C.
    Livestock waste management methods were evaluated in Oyo State where different farms were visited, structured pre-tested and peer-reviewed questionnaires were administered. The results of this study revealed that the use of animal wastes as manure for farmlands or outright dumping in the bushes, garbage sites or open lands were the most common waste disposal methods practiced by commercial poultry and livestock keepers in Oyo State. Out of all the farms sampled, 45% of the farms practiced Open lands waste disposal methods, 10% practiced sun-dried and burned animal wastes disposal methods, 14% practiced flushing wastes into nearby streams and rivers as slurry, 24% used a combination of all the three methods as space or time permits, 2% turn their waste to biogas for cooking or lightening on the farm and 5% use part of the waste as feed source for ruminants or fishes on the farm. The results showed that larger percentage of the farms does not have an environmental friendly animal waste management system and the implication is widespread air, water and land pollution
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    Participatory epizootiology research of settled pastoralists in Igangan grazing reserve, Southern guinea agro-pastoral zone, Oyo State, Nigeria: first report
    (2011) Babalobi, O. O.
    Participatory Epizootiology Research of a Fulani agro- pastoralist settlement scheme, the Igangan Grazing Reserve, Oyo Stole, Southwest Nigeria between 2007 and dole, is ongoing under o University of Ibadan, Nigeria Senole Research Grant Program. The objective is to identify and rank the expressed epizootiological and livestock health problems, as well as the socio-economic needs related to livestock-keeping, of the pastoralists in the study area. After obtaining approval from the reserve authorities (the Oyo State Government), on initial field assessment, two interactive focus group discussions meetings and a second physical field visit took place between December 2007 and June 2009. Respondents included the traditional Fulani grazing reserve head, who has been o settler on the reserve for forty (40) years, his educated first son and heir apparent, as well as fifteen (IS) other settler leaders/elders. There were between twenty-seven (27) and forty-seven (47) permanent settlers, depending on the season of the year, with cattle holding of SO - 600 per household. Settlers were mainly Fulani pastoralists. Problems highlighted by settlers included inadequate space for settler families, crop former/pastoralist skirmishes, und non-availability of feed oil year round and absence of veterinary / animal core services. Expressed needs were for basic veterinary training in animal core (and not just drug usage), disease prevention and management practices and veterinary extension education. Four (4) major reserve diseases identified were (harbo (Foot and- Mouth Disease). Samore (Tryponosomosis), Cheren/Unto (Contagious Bovine Pleuro pneumonia) and Wolah (Skin eruptions).
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    Community based participatory epizootiology of livestock kept by Awotan Women, Ido LGA, Oyo State, Nigeria
    (2007) Ogunwale, I.; Babalobi, O. O.
    Participatory Epizootiology (PE) is the use of participatory approaches and methods, involving the community based livestock keepers, to improve the understanding of their animal diseases and production problems, and to design appropriate veterinary intervention and other action plans for these problems Women are generally responsible for small stocks of livestock species kept in local communities This study was to investigate by the use of semi structured interviews, livestock diseases and health problems of traditional animal health projects in the study area, Awotan in Ido Local Government Area of Oyo State; with livestock keeping women as the primary respondents. The major species of animal kept were sheep and goats (51%), domestic fowl (27%), and dog (4%). They were kept under a semi intensive system of management in which the farmer have no adequate control over the animals. Common livestock diseases and health problems is encountered by female livestocks at Awotan were ranked by respondents as follows, Diarrhea (26%), Newcastle disease (22.7%), Mange (18%), Fowl pox 8.4%) petos des petite ruminants PPR (7.8%), Lice infestation 5.8%, Foot and nose bots 5.2%, Tick infestation 3.0%and Contagious Caprine Pleuro-pneumonia CCPP (1.95%). The farmers regard traditional intervention on the disease of their animals as very effective as a palliative treatment and modern veterinarian services as curative but less accessible and very expensive. Veterinary staff associated with the community complained about non conducive working environment and lack of mobility ambulatory vehicle, problems of ‘quacks’ that have motor cycles and go around disguising as veterinary doctors. Recommendations are made for the training of some educated community members as community animal health workers, the control of quackery in the Awoton, the provision of adequate mobility and conducive working environment for Veterinary staff, as well as provision of veterinary services to farmers at affordable prices.