ADOPTION OF SCIENTIFIC MILKING, CALF REARING AND HOUSING MANAGEMENT PRACTICES BY THE BUFFALO DAIRY FARMERS OF TIKAMGARH DISTRICT OF BUNDELKHAND REGION

SANDIP KUMAR¹*, S.K. SINGH^2
1Department of Animal Science, Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Tikamgarh, 472001, Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Jabalpur, 482004, Madhya Pradesh, India
²Department of Horticulture, Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Tikamgarh, 472001, Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Jabalpur, 482004, Madhya Pradesh, India
* Corresponding Author : getsandipkumar@rediffmail.com

Received : 30-10-2017     Accepted : 17-11-2017     Published : 30-11-2017
Volume : 9     Issue : 52       Pages : 4898 - 4900
Int J Agr Sci 9.52 (2017):4898-4900

Keywords : Adoption, Calf rearing, Housing, Milking, Scientific management practices
Academic Editor : Roy Manju, Kapoor Manish, Dr A. K. Pathak, Dr Jasmine Kaur, Gendley M.K.,, Dr Satyendra Pal Singh, Dr Brijesh Kumar Ojha, Hamadani Henna, Tapas Kumar Patbandha, Dr G. L. Meena, Dar Aashaq Hussain, Jagjeet Singh Gill, Dr Simrinder Singh Sodhi
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : The author is highly thankful to the Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Jabalpur, 482004, Madhya Pradesh, India and ATARI, Zone IX, Jabalpur for providing the facilities to conduct the study
Author Contribution : All author equally contributed

The study was carried out in Tikamgarh district of Madhya Pradesh to find out the adoption level of scientific management practices of dairy animals. A random sample of 240 buffalo owners were selected from six blocks of the district and adoption percentage of scientific milking, calf rearing and housing management practices were studied. It was found that washing of milking pans and hands before milking (86.75%), regularity in making hours (79.00%) and milking at clean and separate place (78.00%) were more adopted by the respondents in milking management practices. The overall adoption of milking management practices was 56.09 percent. Regarding adoption of scientific calf rearing practices, it was observed that proper cleaning of mucous from mouth and nostrils (71.63%), colostrums feeding to newly born calves within one to two hours after birth (65.88%) and cutting and disinfection of naval cord (56.25%) were more adopted by the buffalo owners. The overall adoption of calf rearing management practices was 38.95 percent. In adoption of housing management practices, it was revealed that adequate floor space in the buffalo shed (80.63%), proper orientation of buffalo shed (51.00%) and pucca manger with optimum dimension (43.75%) were moderately adopted by the buffalo owners. The overall adoption of housing management practices was 47.14 percent. The study showed that adoption level of milking management practices was more satisfactory in comparison to calf rearing and housing management practices.

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