Management practices followed by dairy farmers in ruralPunjab

Journal of Livestock Science

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N Kaur¹  J S Toor¹ 

[1] Department of Economics, Punjabi University

关键词: Rural dairy farmers;    Artificial Insemination;    Calves;    Deworming;    Foot & Mouth Disease;   

DOI  :  10.33259/JLivestSci.2022.164-170

学科分类：农业科学（综合）

来源: Journal of Livestock Science

【 摘 要 】

The breeding, feeding, housing and healthcare management practices play an important role in attaining thefull potential of dairying. The present study aims to investigate about the management practices, such as breedingmanagement, healthcare management, feeding management and housing management, followed by the dairy farmersin rural Punjab. Using multi-stage sampling technique, the present study is based on primary data, collected througha detailed schedule from 420 dairy farmers belonging to different farm size categories from 21 villages situated inthree different agro-climatic zones (Shivalik-Foothills, Central Plains and South-West Dry zones) of Punjab state.The results show that a majority of the dairy farmers prefer to breed their dairy animals using Artificial Insemination(using semen of Indian bulls) for breeding by a doctor, vaccinate animals against Foot & Mouth Disease, dodeworming of calves against internal parasites but not that of adult animals, ignore disinfecting dairy shed, providebedding material to new born calves and keep their pregnant dairy animals in the same shed along with other dairyanimals. Most of them have the facility of shed with slanted roof of asbestos material for housing their dairy animalsin single row system. They feed a mixture of their self-cultivated green fodder, dry fodder and concentrates to dairyanimals, preferring stall feeding over grazing.

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