Milking and Calf Rearing Management Practices Followed by Gir Cattle Owners for Conservation of Gir Cattle in Ajmer District of Rajasthan

Singh, Vikramjit; Goswami, S. C.; Kumar, Vijay; Choudhary, Poonam; Jhirwal, Arun Kumar; Shringi, Rupali

doi:10.5455/ijlr.20180507101226

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“…It is good for the dam and calf as well so that any emergency during calving time can be solved immediately. Similar findings were also reported by other authors (Singh et al, 2018;Kumar and Mishra, 2011). Cleaning of calves immediately after calving is essential so that any membrane and mucous adhering to the mouth, nostril, eyes and ears of the new born can be carefully removed to facilitate normal breathing.…”

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“…We also observed that majority (54.28%) of the respondents fed colostrum to the calves when they were able to stand on their feet, 37.14% owners fed colostrum within one hour of the birth and rest (8.57%) fed colostrum after the release of placenta. This finding is in agreement with Singh et al (2018) in India. However, Khadda et al (2010) and Sinha et al (2010) reported that majority of their respondents fed colostrums after removal of placenta.…”

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confidence: 92%

“…Similar findings were also reported by Saharan et al (2015) and Mahla et al (2015) but this finding contrasted with Deoras et al (2004). Singh et al (2018). To protect the calf from severe cold in winter season, they used jute bags or old clothswhile in peak summer majority of respondents practiced to tie their calf under shady tree and occasionally bathe them to reduce the heat stress.…”

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Welfare assessment of calf rearing management practices in family-based dairy units in rural areas of Mymensingh district, Bangladesh

Islam

Shanta

Lima

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Background: Dairy calves are the future stock of the dairy farms. It is important to describe weaknesses in rearing calves not only to improve their welfare, but also to detect areas where current scientific knowledge is poorly integrated into practice. The aim of the present study was to gather information on calf rearing management practices followed by dairy owners, which are related to welfare. Methods: A survey of calf rearing practices was conducted using a farmer questionnaire to collect data. The survey included 140 family-based small dairy units in seven upazilas of Mymensingh district, Bangladesh. The frequency and percentage of the response were described. Results: We observed that all respondents attended their animals during calving and 82.14% respondents allowed cow to clean the calves immediately after calving. Only 13.57% farmers cleaned the mouth and nose of calf after birth. More than 85.0% owners cleaned and trimmed hooves of the calf after birth. More than 90%% respondents did not cut the naval cord of calf and apply antiseptic. More than half of the owners (54.28%) fed colostrum to calves when the animals were able to stand on their feet and only 37.14% of them fed colostrum within one hour of birth. About 44.28% respondents allowed ad lib quantity of colostrum to calf. It was found that 73.57% of the owners allowed suckling of calf until 3 to 6 month of age. Most of the owners (55.0%) allowed the calves to suckle all the quarter of udder before and after milking. None practiced castration and dehorning for male calves. Majority (97.14%) of farmers did not perform deworming and vaccination schedule of calves. Conclusion: This study identified a number of rearing practices that represent a poor welfare for calf, which may prone towards diseases and hampering the productivity. Therefore, in addition to the traditional practices, scientific knowledge for this aspect is also important to get superior animals for future.

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“…The majority of participants described allowing their calves to consume between 0.5 and 1 l of colostrum, usually starting between 1 and 2 hours after birth. This is better than the situation described in other studies on the Indian Subcontinent [17,18,19,21]. However, the provision of colostrum for newborn calves in the study village is still below the target of 10-15% of bodyweight, and this has potentially far-reaching consequences for survivability, health, growth and long term productivity.…”

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“…It should be noted that, in some areas of India, traditional attitudes advocate colostrum rejection prior to initiating breastfeeding of human babies, in the belief that the thick yellow colostrum is stale, unpalatable or unclean [20]. Interviews with Gir cattle keepers in villages of the Ajmer district of Rajasthan were slightly more encouraging, with 51% of participants reporting allowing the calf to suckle colostrum within two hours of birth, 12% within 2-4 hours, and 36% after the dropping of the placenta [21].…”

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Colostrum provision and care of calves among smallholder farmers in the Kaziranga region of Assam, India

Hopker

Pandey²,

Goswami³

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Smallholder cattle farming in Assamese villages is sub-optimal in terms of calf survivability, growth, age at first service, and milk yield. Proper understanding of the local situation is essential to formulate appropriate, locally driven, livestock keeper education to sustainably improve animal health, welfare and productivity. In-depth interviewing and direct observation were used to understand the farming strategies, husbandry practices and challenges to health and productivity in a cluster of typical villages in the Kaziranga region of Assam, India, where resource use is balanced between the needs of humans and livestock, with competition from wild species. Knowledge of the importance of colostrum consumption by calves is poor. Timely consumption of sufficient colostrum (locally called "phehu") by calves was clearly sub-optimal in the majority of households. The reasons behind this are nuanced, but the practice of collecting colostrum from newly calved cows to make confectionery for human consumption is an important contributory factor. Care of the umbilicus of the newborn is not routine practice in the locality. Local women are the key group assisting with young and sick animals, including cases of simple dystocia and retained foetal membranes. Cows are usually milked once daily, to attempt to balance the needs for milk of household with those of the calf, which can result in suboptimal nutrition for calves. There are clear opportunities to improve animal health and productivity through locally provided farmer education, particularly with reference to colostrum provision, and the engagement of women farmers in any such programme is key to success.

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Feeding Management Practices of Gir Cattle followed in Gujarat, India

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Sabapara²,

Dodiya

et al. 2023

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The present study was undertaken to collect information on feeding management practices of Gir cattle at Junagadh district and data were ascertained from randomly selected 320 Gir cattle owners through personal interview with the help of pre-tested structured schedule from four randomly selected talukas of Junagadh district, Gujarat. Majority of Gir cattle owners (86.88%) followed stall feeding system and most of them (93.44%) cultivated green fodder crops for feeding of Gir cattle. Majority (81.56%) of the respondents fed green and dry fodder as such. Groundnut gotar was the major ingredient (71.87%) used as dry fodder, 84.06 % respondents provided compound cattle feed as concentrate to their milking animals. Only 8.12 % of the Gir cattle owners followed scientific feeding of concentrates. Majority of the respondents fed concentrates to their young calves (80.94%) and heifers (87.5%) after soaking (62.81%) in water. 17.5 % of the respondents supplemented mineral mixture to their Gir cattle.

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Milking and Calf Rearing Management Practices Followed by Gir Cattle Owners for Conservation of Gir Cattle in Ajmer District of Rajasthan

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Welfare assessment of calf rearing management practices in family-based dairy units in rural areas of Mymensingh district, Bangladesh

Welfare assessment of calf rearing management practices in family-based dairy units in rural areas of Mymensingh district, Bangladesh

Colostrum provision and care of calves among smallholder farmers in the Kaziranga region of Assam, India

Feeding Management Practices of Gir Cattle followed in Gujarat, India

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