Table 7 Percentage age specific percentage composition of goat off takes, % off-take per age category, age composition of dead goats and age specific mortality rates in Kiruhura district.
Age category | Goat off take | Goat mortality | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
% composition of off take by age category | % offtake per age category | % age composition of dead goats | % age specific mortality rates | |||||
Normal | Drought | Normal | Drought | Normal | Drought | Normal | Drought | |
Adult males | 14 | 7.3 | 51.7 | 34.5 | 3 | 5.6 | 17.2 | 17.2 |
Adult females | 34.9 | 41.8 | 11 | 16.9 | 13.3 | 13.2 | 6.6 | 3.5 |
Sub adult females | 14 | 15.3 | 9.7 | 13.5 | 20.7 | 16.8 | 22.6 | 9.7 |
Sub adult males | 37.2 | 32.7 | 57.1 | 64.3 | 14.1 | 11.2 | 33.9 | 14.3 |
Kids | 0 | 2.9 | 0 | 2.1 | 48.9 | 53.2 | 42.3 | 24.4 |
