Breeding, Calf and Health Management Practices Opted by Buffalo Owners in Junagadh and Porbandar Districts of Gujarat: A Comparative Study

Pata, B.A.; Odedra, M.D.; Savsani, H. H.; Ahlawat, A. R.; Patbandha, T.K.; Odedara, A.B.

doi:10.20546/ijcmas.2019.803.286

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“…Observed in my study that 72.50 per cent of farmers were not dewormed their calves regularly and 27.50 per cent practiced occasionally in calves. Present findings are similar to the results recorded by Choudhary et al, (2017a), Singh et al, (2019a), and highly contradicted by Pata et al, (2019), Mulgu et al, (2019 found mostly farmers deworm their farmers in the study area.…”

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Existing Health Care Management Practices by Farmers of Kanpur Nagar District of Uttar Pradesh, India

Prakash¹,

Kumar²,

Kumar³

2021

Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci

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confidence: 92%

Existing Health Care Management Practices by Farmers of Kanpur Nagar District of Uttar Pradesh, India

Prakash¹,

Kumar²,

Kumar³

2021

Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci

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“…A majority (80%) of the dairy farms provided calf starters after attaining the age of 10-15 days in both the regions. This result is in controversy with the result of Pata et al (2019), who reported that the majority (94.67%) of the dairy farmers followed concentrate feeding to calves after attaining the age of 3 months. It indicates that dairy farms of study area were aware of the scientific feeding strategy of dairy calves.…”

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confidence: 82%

Adoption of Breeding and Calf Rearing Practices in Modern Dairy Farms of Gujarat

2020

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A study was carried out to compare the breeding and calf rearing practices of modern specialized dairy farms of north and south Gujarat. The data was collected from ten specialized dairy farms, each from the north and south Gujarat. The study revealed that farms of the southern region mostly reared buffaloes, which relied on natural service, whereas northern farms mostly reared cows, and AI was more popular. Around 22.2 and 16.7% of dairy farms preferred pedigreed and sex-sorted semen from the private sector, respectively. Most of the dairy farms (60%) purchased frozen semen doses from the co-operative sector. About 20% of dairy farms used sex-sorted semen at the price of Rs. 2100-3000 per dose. One farm from the north and another one from south were using Delaval® heat detector system. The majority (75%) of the dairy farms adopted the practice of colostrum feeding by allowing for natural suckling. The majority (70%) of the dairy farms provided first colostrum feeding within 2 to 4 hours of calf birth. Some dairy farms (20%) possessed individual calf boxes. From the research finding, it can be concluded that artificial insemination was more famous in north Gujarat. Many specialized dairy farms of north Gujarat were adopting most advanced breeding practices by the use of sex-sorted and pedigreed semen of private companies to produce an offspring of the desired sex, high milk yielding potential and healthy one.

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“…Vaccination of Brucellosis (13.33%) and Theileriosis (14.67%) were observed in the study area. A study by Pata et al (2019) stated that 68.67 per cent of buffalo owners practiced vaccination against FMD disease, followed by 16 per cent of owners against HS in Junagadh and Porbandar districts of Gujarat. Data in Table 3 indicated an overall 33.70 per cent mortality rate was observed in the crossbred calves in the study area.…”

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Crossbred Calf Mortality and Managemental Practices in Operational Area of Dairy Vigyan Kendra

Jadav¹,

Patel²

2023

GJoEE

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The study objective is to know the prevailing crossbred calf mortality & managemental practices in the operational area of Dairy Vigyan Kendra (DVK), Vejalpur, Gujarat, India. A total of 300 crossbred cattle owners from 30 villages of 10 talukas were selected using the simple random sampling method for the study from August to December 2022. The data were collected based on the pre-tested structured interview schedule. Overall crossbred calf mortality was observed 33.70 per cent in the study area. There was a higher mortality rate in male calves (56.78%) than in female crossbred calves (16.98%) due to limited attention towards the male calf. The mortality rate was recorded higher during the first three months of age (70.78%) and during the monsoon (39.72%). The primary reason for calf mortality was malnutrition/ male calf negligence. Farmers urgently need extension services on scientific calf rearing practices such as providing concentrate feed, cutting navel cord with the sterilized object, providing milk as per body weight, on-time colostrum feeding, provision of milk replacer, calf starter, salt, mineral mixture, deworming, and vaccinations against diseases.

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Breeding, Calf and Health Management Practices Opted by Buffalo Owners in Junagadh and Porbandar Districts of Gujarat: A Comparative Study

Cited by 3 publications

References 5 publications

Existing Health Care Management Practices by Farmers of Kanpur Nagar District of Uttar Pradesh, India

Existing Health Care Management Practices by Farmers of Kanpur Nagar District of Uttar Pradesh, India

Adoption of Breeding and Calf Rearing Practices in Modern Dairy Farms of Gujarat

Crossbred Calf Mortality and Managemental Practices in Operational Area of Dairy Vigyan Kendra

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