Abstract:
At the beginning, purposive sampling techniques were conducted to select dairy potential zones with
the aim of identifying dairy cattle genetic improvement trends in Amhara region which was initiated by the
university of Gondar, Ethiopia. Following that north Gondar, south Gondar and west Gojam zones were selected
for the study in 2016. A systematic simple random sampling method was considered to select market oriented
dairy owners. Primary and secondary data was generated from owners and experts using semi structured
questioner, respectively. Therefore the result indicated that the local animals have better in test and odder of
their product. However, the productivity is the current challenge to afford the demand driven by the society.
According to the data obtained from the interview, cross breeding is an alternative option to respond for the
demand grown even if the breeding strategy was at random. According to the respondents’ saying, the bench
mark for the blood level of the improved genetic resource under our production system is 75:25 local to exotics
than 50:50 (under dominant hetrosis) in different aspects like productivity even external body condition and
appearances. Mean age at first female sexual maturity was 3.9+1.5, 2.6+0.23, 2.6+0.23, 3.14+1.5, 2.4+0.52
years with average mean age of 3.01±0.94 years and as well as first male sexual maturity was 4.2±0.28,
3.12±0.05, 2.65±0.25 and 2.10±0.11 with average mean age of 3.02±017 years in local, F1, F1x Local and F1x
Exotics cattle, respectively. Whereas the blood level of exotic one is increased, the environmental interaction
effect is over than the traits governed by the genotype. Disease, feed, drug, liquid nitrogen and market are the
great challenge of dairy production with the weighted index value of 0.25, 0.12, 0.31, 0.20 and 0.12,
respectively. Therefore, the result from this survey was indicative and brought supportive information.
