Participatory Identification of Breeding Objectives and Selection Criteria for Begaria Cattle Breed

The objectives of this study were to identify the breeding Begaria cattle keepers. A semi-structured questionnaire, live animal ranking, and focus group discussions employed farmers. was conducted on a total 75 conveniently sampled households. Among population households, 506 heads (252 male 254 female animals) ranked as first best, second third and/or worst animals. Owners asked choose animals from their herd for both sexes. Reasons important morphometric measurements, (re)production performance taken. R Commander package version 2.6-0 used analyze qualitative data analysis variance in software quantitative data. ranking cows area milk yield (39.14%), calving interval (15.14), temperament (12), body size (10.86), whereas bulls, reasons (30.39%), growth (30.66), condition score (16.85), color (15.19). Survival rate (Sur), (CI), (MY), lactation (LMY) (BCS), weaning age (WA), yearling weight (YW), (WW) bulls significantly different (p < 0.05) mainly between first- last-ranked Farmers willing pay up Ethiopian birr (ETB) 11,500, 10,700, 10,400, 9500 average first-, second-, third-ranked females ETB 6300, 5800, 5200, 4500 males. Lactation yield, interval, mothering ability, rate, at determined objective traits community. with suggested selection criteria survival weight, calving, respectively.