Sheep herd health and reproductive management associated with lamb weight gain and mortality in sub-Saharan drylands – a case from Ethiopia

SND-ID: 2023-115-1.

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Handle

https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12703/4019

Associated documentation

InterpretationKey_LambGrowthEthiopia.tsv (3.71 KB)

Citation

Creator/Principal investigator(s)

Sara Lysholm - Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

Elisabeth Genfors - Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Clinical Sciences

Research principal

Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences - Department of Clinical Sciences

Principal's reference number

SLU.kv.2022.4.4-196

Description

The dataset consists of a TSV file consisting of 209 rows and 54 columns and contains the following information: information about the herd and its localisation (type of village, village number, household number), information about the ewe (pseudonymized ID, age, number of lambs in total, number of lambs this litter, body condition score, presence of fleece contamination and presence of clinical signs of disease), information about the lamb (pseudonymized ID, sex, age at first weighing, number of siblings, weight at first weighing and presence of clinical signs of disease), and the weight of the lamb at one, two, three, four and five months of age. The body condition of the ewe is indicated using a five degree scale from 1 (very thin) to 5 (obese). The fleece contamination of the ewe is indicated using a four degree scale from 0 (clean fleece) to 3 (heavily contaminated fleece). The dataset contains information on the same herds as in dataset SND-ID: 2020-185.

Data contains personal data

Yes

Type of personal data

Pseudonymized identification of sheep-keeping households

Code key exists

Yes

Language

English

Method and outcome

Unit of analysis

Household

Individual/Patient

Population

Ewes and lambs

Time Method

Longitudinal

Study design

Observational study

Sampling procedure

Please see related dataset SND-ID: 2020-185

Time period(s) investigated

2019-09 – 2020-05

Data format / data structure

Numeric

Text

Data collection

Data collection 1

Mode of collection: Measurements and tests
Description of the mode of collection: Recording of clinical signs and of weight gain in lambs age 0 to 5 months.
Time period(s) for data collection: 2019-09 – 2020-05

Data collection 2

Mode of collection: Interview
Description of the mode of collection: Interviews with sheep farmers. For more information, see SND-ID: 2020-185

Geographic coverage

Geographic spread

Geographic location: Ethiopia, Sub-Saharan Africa

Geographic description: The study was conducted in the Amhara region in Ethiopia.

Administrative information

Responsible department/unit

Department of Clinical Sciences

Contributor(s)

Renée Båge - Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Clinical Sciences

Mesfin Moliso - International Livestock Research Institute, Animal and Human Health Program

Firdawok Ayele - Debre Berhan Agricultural Research Centre

Ulf Magnusson - Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Clinical Sciences

Barbara Wieland - International Livestock Research Institute, Animal and Human Health Program

Commissioning organisation

Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

Funding

Funding agency: CGIAR Research Program on Livestock

Ethics Review

Other - Ref. ILRI-IREC2019-41

Conducted by ILRI Institutional Research Ethics Committee

Topic and keywords

Research area

Veterinary science (Standard för svensk indelning av forskningsämnen 2011)

Keywords

Sheep, Lamb, Lamb mortality, Lamb weight gain, Lamb health, Reproductive health, Herd health

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