Table 6 Housing of cattle and goats at night in Debub (in central highlands with high altitude and mild temperature), Anseba (partially in the central highlands and partially in the lowlands with hot and arid climate), Gash Barka (in the western low lands with hot and arid climate) and Southern Red Sea (in Eastern low land with hot and arid climate) regions within the extensive livestock husbandry system
Variables | Debub (n = 106) | Anseba (n = 61) | Gash Barka (n = 64) | Southern Red Sea (n = 1) | Overall (n = 232) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cattle housing | Number (%) | Number (%) | Number (%) | Number (%) | Number (%) |
 Open area | 9 (8.5) | 32 (52.5) | 48 (75.0) | 0 (0.0) | 89 (38.4) |
 Separate animal houses | 95 (89.6) | 8 (13.1) | 3 (4.7) | 0 (0.0) | 106 (52.7) |
 Enclosures | 0 (0.0) | 18 (29.5) | 13 (20.3) | 1 (100.0) | 32 (13.8) |
 Share houses with humans | 2 (1.9) | 3 (4.9) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 5 (2.2) |
Goat housing | n = 39 | n = 17 | n = 39 | n = 33 | n = 128 |
 Open area | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (7.7) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (2.3) |
 Separate animal houses | 39 (100) | 6 (35.3) | 19 (48.7) | 31 (93.9) | 95 (74.2) |
 Enclosures | 0 (0.0) | 11(64.7) | 17 (43.6) | 2 (6.1) | 30 (23.4) |