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PresentationItem Open Access Retrospective studies on incidence of haemoprotozoan diseases in cattle over a period of nine years (2010-2019) in Chennai district, India.(2020-02) Chakravarthi, R; Alimudeen, S; Senthil, NR; Subapriya, S; et al.; TANUVASThe present work was based on retrospective study of 7,000 blood smears of cattle received over a period of nine years (2010 to 2019) in and around Chennai at Madras Veterinary College Teaching Hospital. On blood smear examination 3,072 blood smears were found to be positive for various Haemoprotozoan diseases. Among the recorded positive Haemoprotozoan diseases, the highest incidence was of Anaplasma sp. of 2016 cases (65.62%) followed by Theileria sp. with 888 cases (28.9%), Babesia bovis with 98 cases (3.19%), Trypanosoma sp. With 23 cases (0.74%), Microfilaria with 21 cases (0.68%), Pasturella sp. with 17 cases (0.55%) and Ehrlichia bovis with 9 cases (0.29%) Maximum number of cases were recorded during Monsoon season (August-November) with 1152 cases (37.5%) followed by 1029 cases (33.49%) during winter season (December-March) and 891 cases (29%) during Summer season (April-July) . The incidence rate of Haemoprotozoan diseases in Cattle remain almost the same during this time period around 12%.ArticleItem Open Access Socio-economic profile of farmers and constraints in duck farming in the Northern districts of Tamil Nadu(2021-08) Thilakar, P; Senthilkumar, G; Alimudeen, S; TANUVASThe present study was taken-up to analyse the socio-economic profile of farmers and constraints in duck farming in Northern districts of Tamil Nadu. Primary data were collected from 50 duck farmers selected through cluster sampling using pre-tested interview schedule and analysed through appropriate statistical techniques. Majority of duck farmers aged more than 45 years, male, belonged to Hindu religion in Most Backward Community (MBC) and had only primary level of education with high experience in duck farming. Majority of the farmers reared meat type duck traditionally with flock size of more than 2000 ducks. Mostly men were involved in duck farming activities viz., farming, feeding, watering, cleaning, health care and marketing and major decisions in duck farming were made by both men and women. Majority of duck farmers approached progressive farmers and friends/relatives for information on both duck and non-duck farming activities. Chick mortality, non-availability of credit facilities, occurrence of diseases, lack of technical guidance and lack of veterinary services were the foremost constraints perceived by the farmers. Considering various socio-economic variables, only gender of the farmers and flock size were found to be significantly correlated with constraints like chick mortality and lack of organized marketing. Flock size was found to be significantly correlated with non-availability of credit.