Managerial practices and factors influencing reproductive performance of dairy cows in urban/peri-urban areas of Kampala and Gulu, Uganda

Table 1 Comparison (Chi²) of socio economic and cow husbandry factors for dairy cattle-keeping households in urban and peri-urban Kampala and Gulu

Socio-economic factors and cow husbandry variables	Frequency (%) distribution per location		P-value
Socio-economic factors and cow husbandry variables	Kampala	Gulu	P-value
Role of cow caretaker in the farm			>0.15
Owner	83	87
Other	17	13
Education levels of respondent/owner			0.002
No school to primary	42	64
Post-primary	58	36
Gender of cow caretaker			0.002
Male	77	55
Female	23	45
Farming experience			0.0001
0-2 years	2	33
3-5 years	44	37
>5 years	54	30
Farmer membership to farmer organization			0.001
No	59	36
Yes	41	64
Farming purpose			0.0025
Commercial	61	39
Subsistence or subsistence-commercial mix	39	61
Farming system			0.05
Zero grazing	77	64
Open grazing	23	36
Established farm structure for management			0.0001
Yes	98	45
None	2	55
Farm record keeping
Records kept	98	56	0.0001
No records	2	44
Herd size			0.08
<3 cows	58	42
3-8 cows	23	31
>8 cows	19	27
Milk produced at farm per day (total milk)			0.0005
0-5 l	5	16
5.1-10 l	19	35
>10 l	76	49
Milk produced per cow per day			0.0001
0-2 l	2	26
2-10 l	61	62
>10 l	37	12
Use of feed additives			>0.15
Yes	39	46
No	60	54

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