A. M. I. BADI.

Natioruii Dairy Research Centre,.P.O. Bax 28 WadMadaniSau!.’1, Sudan.

SUMMARY

        The study was conducted on l02 herds in the Barakat area of the Middle Region of’ the Gezira Scheme in 1986 to classify the types of dairy animals. Kcnana, Butana and Cross – bred types accounted for 77.7,l2.7 and 9.6 % of the population , respectively. The typical herd structure was 59.0 ‘X, cows, l‘l.9 ‘X , dry heifers, l l.l Z, heifer calves, 9.5% bull calves and 2.5 ‘Z bulls. Milking cows rcprcscntcd 20. 5% of the total ecws in the herd. Full – time farmers accounted for 72.9 ‘X, of the herd owners and 84.5% of the total were members of the Gezira Dairy Cooperative Society. Some 66.3 ‘Z, ofth: total milk from numbers farms was supplied to the Coop. In the study herds sheep and goats represented l6.l and l3.5% respectively.

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