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Critical Appraisal of The Management Practices of Deoni Cattlein Bidar District

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Title Critical Appraisal of The Management Practices of Deoni Cattlein Bidar District
 
Creator Patil Vivek Mahadev
 
Contributor RAJESHWARI , Y. B.
 
Subject livestock, animal husbandry, yields, breeds (animals), biological phenomena, sorghum, organic compounds, marketing, productivity, lactation
 
Description The objective of this study was to document the existing management practices of Deoni cattle in Bidar district, record the performance of Deoni cows under field conditions, evaluate the constraints faced by Deoni cattle farmers, and assess the effect of strategic nutritional interventions on the productive performance of Deoni cows. The existing management practices were recorded by means of personal interview using a structured schedule, with respondents selected using a multistage stratified sampling procedure. Most farmers rearing Deoni cattle reared negligible numbers of crossbred cattle, recognised buffalo breeds, sheep, goat or poultry; thus revealing the suitability of Deoni cattle to their production system. The most common management practices were loose housing, natural service with locally available bulls, grazing during the day time and stall feeding at night, good care and feeding practices for calves, no concentrate purchase for cows, and adequate milking techniques.

The mean lactation milk yield, peak yield, lactation length, milk fat, milk SNF, age at first calving, service period, dry period, gestation period and calving interval were found to 881.35 kg, 4.19 kg, 253.66 days, 4.25 per cent, 9.02 per cent, 46.34 months, 129.57 days, 169.29 days, 280.45 days and 418.77 days, respectively. The major constraint categories, analysed as per Garrett‟s Ranking technique, in descending order of importance, were problems in breeding, general issues, feeding, breed characteristics,marketing and health care. The results of a feeding trial of 12 weeks on Deoni cows revealed that though chaff cut and urea enriched groups had significantly higher DMI, nutrient intake, body weight gain, milk yield and milk SNF yield than those fed unchopped sorghum stover, the economic benefits due to urea enrichment were negligible as compared to chaff cutting. It was concluded that Deoni cattle are highly suited as a multi-purpose breed for Bidar district and there is vast potential for improvement in the performance of the breed by means of selective breeding techniques. Efforts must be made to educate farmers regarding improved management practices like construction of proper feed mangers, regular vaccination and deworming, manual chaff cutting, adequate nutrition of heifers and milking cows, and scientific waste management.
 
Date 2016-06-23T09:46:47Z
2016-06-23T09:46:47Z
2014-11-20
 
Type Thesis
 
Identifier http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/67776
 
Language en
 
Format application/pdf
 
Publisher Karnataka Veterinary, Animal and Fisheries Sciences University, Bidar