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Table 8 Supplementary feed utilized for fattening

From: Small ruminant fattening practices in Amhara region, Ethiopia

No.

Zones

Feed resources and ingredients

1

West Gojjam

Grass, straw, crop residue, surplus kitchen food, Frusika, Fagulo, Atela (Birinte), salt

2

North Gondar

Frushica, Mashila, Fagulo, salt, surplus kitchen food, corn, grinded meal by-product (Yewofcho Tiragi), salt, Dashen brewery by-product

3

South Gondar

Crop residue, leaves, fodder trees, urea-treated feed, salt

4

South Wollo

Alfalfa, Susbania, pigeon pea (Ye-ergib Ater), straw, salt, grinded meal by-product (Yewofcho Tiragi), straw, Fagulo, Frushica and Tree Lucerne

5

North Showa

Frushica, salt, local brewery by-product (Atela), Vetch, grinded bean, bean bran, lentil bran, barley bran, Fagulo, wilted and grinded Germia, straw, salt, grinded barley, salt, wilted bean, wilted Gerima