Traditional goat rearing in Benin: practices and health constraints
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https://doi.org/10.19182/remvt.36893Keywords
goats, animal diseases, livestock management, traditional farming, constraints, BeninAbstract
The development of goat rearing in Benin is limited by constraints related to health and breeding practices. The aim of this study was to investigate herders’ views on the diseases circulating in traditional goat farms in Benin. For this purpose, a semi-structured survey based on focus groups and individual interviews was conducted with 480 goat breeders in four agricultural development poles in Benin in 2019. Data on breeding practices, animal health management and diseases encountered were collected. Results showed that goats were mainly reared for savings, and to a lesser extent for meat production and sociocultural reasons. All of the surveyed herders let goats roam at least part of the year, but in the rainy season some tethered them or kept them semi-confined. The main animal diseases reported by farmers were peste des petits ruminants (PPR), scabies, parasitic gastro-enteritis, respiratory diseases, foot-and-mouth disease, and trypanosomosis. Parasite control was usually performed when necessary, rarely routinely. Vaccination against PPR was practiced by three-quarters of the farmers. Goat rearing in Benin is linked to the traditional breeding system and is thus subject to numerous diseases that limit its development. It would be necessary to increase knowledge on these diseases through etiological diagnostic studies in order to guide better the objectives of surveillance of these diseases.
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