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ArticleItem Open Access Constraints Perceived By Milk Vendors Of N Amakkal District(2010-10) Narmatha, N.; Uma, V.; Malliga, J.; Sakthivel, K.M.; Manivannan, A.; TANUVASSixty milk vendors of Namakkal district were interviewed using structured interview schedule to study the constraints faced by them. Constraints were categorized under seven major domains viz., breeding, feeding, health care, general management practices, dairy training, procurement of loan, and insurance. Training in dairying (96.67%) was perceived as the major constraint followed by procurement of loan (74.17%) and general management practices (59.17%). Item wise analysis revealed that the major constraints faced by the vendors were high investment for starting dairy units (98.33%) and number of training regarding manufacture of indigenous products (98.33%) followed by lack of practical training (96.67%), high cost of labour (96.67%), training centre is far away (95%), non availability of subsidy (93.33%), high cost of veterinary medicine (93.33%), high cost of quality cattle feed {91.67%), loan procedure is lengthy, tedious and cumbersome (90%) and banks are not cooperative (90%) were the items considered as major constraints.ArticleItem Open Access Effectiveness Of CD Lesson On the Knowledge Level Of Milk vendors in Clean Milk Production Practices(2012) Malliga, J.; Narmatha, N.; Uma, V.; Akila, N.; Sakthivel, K.M.; TANUVASSendamangalam and Erumapatti blocks of Namakkal district were selected as the study area. Thirty milkvendors from each selected blocks formed the respondents. The knowledge level of the respondents was from medium to high before viewing the CD lesson. Cent per cent knowledge level was observed immediately after viewing the CD lesson The knowledge gain was studied under five different domains, of which highest knowledge gain was noticed in the management of dairy animals. The CD lesson was found to be effective in disseminating knowledge in clean milk production practices among milkvendors.ThesisItem Open Access Effectiveness Of Compact Disc (Cd) Lesson On Clean Milk Production Techniques Among Milkmen(TANUVAS, Chennai, 2008) Malliga, J.; TANUVAS; Narmatha, N.; Babu, M.; Manivannan, A.Communication media plays an important role in dissemination of information to the farmers. Among these, Compact Disc is one of the electronic devices used for dissemination of animal husbandry information for rural development. This study was designed to measure the effectiveness of CD lesson on clean milk production techniques among milkmen. The present study was conducted at Sendamangalam and Erumaipatti blocks of Namakkal district in Tamil Nadu. A sample of thirty respondents from each block was selected by using simple random sampling technique. A well-structured, pre-tested interview schedule was prepared and the data were collected before and after viewing the CD lesson. The salient findings of the study were as follows: Majority of the milk vendors were middle aged and had middle school level of education. They were mostly in joint families and had milk vending + dairy farming + others as their occupation. Majority of the milk vendors belonged to landless, low level of income, low herd size category and high level of experience in milk vending. Most of the milk vendors had medium level of extension agency contact, availed credit from private finance institutions and not attended any training programmes. Milk vendors involved in the roles like, milking, collection and selling of milk, inform the available sources of feed and fodder, detection of estrus, identification of sick animals, advice in the treatment aspect and help in purchase or sale of animal and providing credit facilities. More than half of the respondents had high level of performance in overall role. In overall knowledge, majority of the respondents gained medium level knowledge and high knowledge gain was noticed in the subject matter area related to management of animals. The correlation analysis revealed that education, occupation, milk vending experience, training attended, extension agency contact and mass media exposure had a positive and significant relationship with knowledge level after viewing the CD lesson. The regression analysis revealed that the variables education, occupation and extension agency contact showed positive and significant relationship with post exposure knowledge level of the respondents. From the study it could be concluded that the compact disc lesson was found to be effective in increasing the knowledge level of milkmen cum vendors.ArticleItem Open Access Lighting Programme for Layers(Poultry Fortune, 2007-02) Malliga, J.; Moorthy, M.; TANUVASLight is an important aspect of an animals environment. Avian species as well as mammalian species respond to light energy in a variety of ways, including growth and reproductive performance. For chickens there are three major functions of light: 1. To facilitate sight, 2. To stimulate internal cycles due to day-length changes, and 3. To initiate hormone release.ArticleItem Open Access Relationship Between the Socio Economic Characteristics and the Post Exposure Knowledge Level Of Milkvendors in Clean Milk Production Practices(2012-11) Malliga, J.; Narmatha, N.; Uma, V.; Akila, N.; Sakthivel, K.M.; TANUVASThe study was conducted at Sendamangalam and Erumaipatti blocks of Namakkal district in Tamil Nadu. A sample of thirty milkvendors from each block was selected by using simple random sampling technique. Socioeconomic variables such as education, occupation, milk vending experience, training attended, extension agency contact and mass media exposure had a positive and significant relationship with knowledge level of the respondents. Further, it also revealed that only three variables viz., education, occupation and extension agency contact contributed much towards the knowledge level of the respondents.