Assessment of livestock breeder's attitude towards the use of compound feed in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

The importance of the study lies in the fact that feed has a direct impact on animal and human health. The failure of breeders to use healthy and suitable fodder for the animal that meets the nutritional needs is due to several reasons, including the culture and education of the breeder, and some reasons related to the fodder itself, such as being of lower quality that does not meet the animal's nutritional and productive needs. The main objective of the study is to identify the feeding practices followed by livestock breeders, to assess their attitudes towards compound feed, and to determine the relationship between the personal and social characteristics of the breeders and their attitudes towards compound feed. The descriptive method was used. This study was conducted on livestock breeders in the Saudi Arabia, whose number is about (901,108 breeders). The questionnaire was used as a means of data collection, and (442) completed questionnaires representing the study sample were obtained. Descriptive statistical analyzes were used, and the chi-square test was used to measure the relationship between the personal and social characteristics of breeders and their attitudes towards compound feed. The analysis was done using the SPSS, v.26). The results of the study revealed that 52.5% of livestock breeders do not use compound feed in feeding livestock. The study also showed that 62.9% of livestock breeders did not notice the emergence of health problems in their livestock when using compound feed, while 37.1% noticed several problems, including: changing the color of the meat, disease, problems in milk production, diarrhea, and abscesses. ...etc.) when using compound feed, as it was found that the vast majority of livestock breeders, by 86.4%, had a neutral attitude towards compound feed. Finally, a significant relationship was found between the gender variable, the number of years of experience, and the feeding system variable with the breeders' attitudes towards the use of compound feed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]