Table 1.
Priority livestock species and common breeds in Mpigi and Gulu districts
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Breeds |
Management system |
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| District | Livestock species | Priority % | Local % | Crosses % | Exotic % | Free range % | Semi-intensive* % | Intensive % |
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Mpigi |
Cattle |
35 |
47 |
48 |
5 |
15 |
80 |
5 |
| |
Chicken |
30 |
47 |
3 |
50 |
50 |
0 |
50 |
| |
Pigs |
25 |
80 |
17 |
3 |
0 |
80 |
20 |
| |
Goats & sheep |
10 |
85 |
13 |
2 |
5 |
90 |
5 |
|
Gulu |
Goats** |
50 |
80 |
15 |
5 |
20 |
78 |
2 |
| |
Cattle |
30 |
80 |
15 |
5 |
90 |
5 |
5 |
| |
Pigs |
10 |
5 |
50 |
45 |
10 |
20 |
70 |
| Chicken | 10 | 90 | 2 | 3 | 90 | 0 | 10 | |
*Semi-intensive management method is tethering (tying animals with a rope at a different fixed grazing/feeding area each day).
**Sheep are much less common; preference for goats overrides.