Adoption Status of Improved Animal Husbandry Practices and its Relationship with the Profile of Dairy Farmers in Kheda District of Gujarat

Abstract

This study was conducted to ascertain the extent of adoption of improved dairy husbandry practices and its relationship with the profile of the dairy farmers in the Kheda district of Gujarat. The study was undertaken in four randomly selected talukas of the district, from which 100 dairy farmers were selected randomly. The study revealed that the overall extent of adoption of improved animal husbandry practices in the study area was found to be about 62.78%. The overall highest adoption rate was for reproductive and healthcare management (81.40 and 81.33%) followed by feeding and calf management (77.00 and 62.00%), while the adoption of scientific milking and general management (37.60 and 37.30%) was the lowest. Education, landholding, annual income, and herd size of the dairy farmers had a highly significant (p less than 0.01) positive relationship. In comparison, social participation and mass media of the dairy farmers had significant (p less than 0.05) positive relationship with adoption of improved animal husbandry practices. However, family size, experience, and attitude towards dairy farming had a significant negative correlation with the improved animal husbandry practices. The independent variables considered in the present study explained about 38.20% variation (r2 = 0.38) in adoption of the improved dairy husbandry practices.

Healthcare Management Practices Followed by Dairy Farmers of Aravalli District of North Gujarat

“…It may be attributed to their awareness, willingness and knowledge regarding the harm caused by the parasitic load, its negative impact on milk production and slow growth rate of young animals. The findings are in accordance with the results of Patel (2004), Akila and Senthilvel (2012), Divekar et al, (2016), Sahu et al, (2017 and Sable et al, (2018) as they reported that majority of respondents followed the deworming of their animals. Contradictory to the results, Waykar et al, (2012), Kumar et al, (2014) and Sabapara (2017) reported that majority of respondents did not follow deworming of their animals.…”

“…Vaccination against FMD was the highest in all talukas of study area. Present result is in line with the Tiwari et al, (2009), Divekar et al, (2016), Sabapara (2017 and Sahu et al, (2017) as they reported that majority of respondents adopted regular vaccination of their animals against different diseases like FMD and HS in their respective study areas.…”

“…Majority of the respondents (88.67%) have regularly vaccinated their animals against various diseases like FMD, HS and others. The result is in accordance with results of Tiwari et al, (2009), Waykar et al, (2012), Divekar et al, (2016), Singh et al, (2016, Dhaliwal and Dhillon (2017) and Sabapara (2017) whereas, the results were in contrast with the findings of Selvaraj et al, (2003), Kumawat and Yadav (2012), Kumar et al, (2014), Sahu et al, (2017 and Sable et al, (2018). Negligence in vaccination, may cost the farmers in term of incidences of diseases especially in monsoon season and reduction in the production.…”

“…However, result is in contrast with the Tiwari et al, (2009), Yadav et al, (2009), Divekar et al, (2016) and Sabapara (2017) as they reported that majority of respondents contact first veterinarians for treatment of their sick animals. The difference of preference might be due to variation of area and economic status of the farmers Majority of respondents (54.67%) adopted deworming of animals (Table 1).…”

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“…These insights emphasize the need for educational initiatives and interventions to improve knowledge and encourage the adoption of better milking practices in dairy farming. [6] . Their study revealed that A.I.…”