Socio –Economic Aspects of Sheep Preding for Productive Families in Blue Nile State-Sudan

Abstract

This study was aimed to evaluate the performance of sheep owned by productive families sheep in Blue Nile State between 2013 to 2016. During this period designed questionnaire to cover (50 )of the animal breeders in two villages (Alazzaza and Wad ElFaki) to evaluate (Education, Animal type, Housing, Nutrition, Concentrates, Care of animal, Nutrition responsibility , Monthly expenditure, Health status of receiving , General condition, Mothers mortality, Newborns mortality, Ewe parity rate , Abortion rate, Milk production, Project benefit, Economic benefit from the project , Nutritional benefit from the project ,The health problems of rams, The health problems of females, The health problems of newborns, sales cases . the statistic (9) software was analyze the data. The results showed that the Education for breeders was 61.9%,69.1% in in Alazzaza and Wad Elfaki respectively . Animal distributed was mixure between males and females in two villages . depend on home breeding and their animals by 95, 2%, 100% in Alazzaza and Wad Elfaki respectively. The Natural feeding done by 96.6%, 90.5% in Wad Elfaki and Alazzaz respectively . No concentrates was used and the breeders depend on grazing their sheep by themselves by 52.4%, 44.8%. in Wad Elfaki and Alazzaza respectively. Also they depend on Nutrition responsibility for sheep by themselves by 90.4%,96.6% in Alazzaza and Wad Elfaki respectively . the breeders got Monthly expenditure by 95.2%, 96.6% in Alazzaza and Wad Elfaki respectively. Health status of receiving animals was good by 57.1%, 100% in Alazzaza and Wad Elfaki respectively. General health status of animals was Excellent by 100%, 69% in Alazzaza and Wad Elfaki respectively. Mothers mortality done in summer and autumn by 57.2%,96.6% in Alazzaza and Wad Elfaki respectively. Newborns mortality was after weaning by 85.7%, 89.7% in Alazzaza and Wad Elfaki respectively. Ewe parity rate done for 1-2 birth by 71.4%, 69% in Alazzaza and Wad Elfaki respectively. Abortion rate done by 52.4%, 62.1% for first month and second month in Alazzaza and Wad Elfaki respectively. Milk production was 200 days by 907.5%, 100% in Alazzaza and Wad Elfaki respectively. Project benefit was Excellent by 95.2%, 65.5% in Alazzaza and Wad Elfaki respectively. Economic benefit from the project done by 76.2% 100% to fulfill the daily need in Alazzaza and Wad Elfaki respectively. Nutritional benefit from the project done by 47.6%, 75.9% for occasions in Alazzaza and Wad Elfaki respectively .There is no health problem of rams, females , newborns in Alazzaza and Wad Elfaki respectively .they also soled their animals by 95.2%, 100% in Alazzaza and Wad Elfaki .all sheep breeders used veterinary services without any intraction from Ministry of Agricultural and Animal Resource. The study concluded that the ownership of sheep families had a great impact for change their lives to better in terms of economic and nutritional interest .