*Correspondence | Yisehak Kechero, Department of Animal Sciences, Arba Minch University, Arba Minch, Ethiopia; Email: yisehak.kechero@amu.edu.et Citation | Edjem T, Kechero Y, Guja A (2025). Dynamics of small-scale cattle fattening practices and marketing in three different production systems—pastoral, agro-pastoral and mixed farming systems—In the southern ethiopian rift valley. Adv. Anim. Vet. Sci. 13(3): 492-511. DOI | https://dx.doi.org/10.17582/journal.aavs/2025/13.3.492.511