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Subject: Veterinary Extension Education × Author: KAU × End date: 2002 × Start date: 2001 ×
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    Analysis of the training needs of veterinary surgeons of Kerala for continuing veterinary education
    (Department of Extension, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Mannuthy, 2001) Sakthivel, K M; KAU; Rajkamal, P J
    The objective of the study was to identify the training needs of veterinary surgeons of Kerala for continuing veterinary education. The data were collected from 130 veterinary surgeons of the Animal Husbandry Department of Kerala. Questionnaires were used for data collection. The training need was not seen dependent on any of the socio-personal characteristics of the respondents, viz., age, sex, marital status, type of family, educational qualification, professional experience, number of children, age of the youngest child, location of residence, distance to work place, number of seminars, symposiums etc., attended, number of professional journals read, number of periodicals read and number of trainings attended. Zoo and wild life was the most preferred general subject matter domain for training among the nine studied. This was followed by information technology, medicine, surgery, extension, livestock products technology, obstetrics and gynaecology, professional management and animal production in the descending order of preference. The most preferred specific subject matter areas were management of domesticated elephants, using computer in office, modern diagnostic procedures, small animal surgery, modern extension teaching methods, quality assurance of meat and meat products, embryo transfer technology, service rules and regulations and breeding and management of pet animals. The training programmes being organised by the various organisations such as KAU, IMG, KLDB, IVRI and CVE programmes proposed by Veterinary Council of India were found to be either highly relevant or relevant and hence these programmes might form part of eVE programme. The findings of task analysis pertaining to veterinary practice indicated the importance of incorporating in the training curriculum both the theoretical and practical aspects of management of mastitis, administration of medicines, clinical examination of animals, udder and teat surgery, post operative care, treatment of fracture, artificial insemination in cattle, handling of frozen semen, pregnancy diagnosis in cattle, maintenance of laboratory equipments, . faecal examination and examination of milk samples. The study further indicated the strategies to be adopted In organising the CVE programmes. An institutional mode of training was preferred to either distance learning or a combination of both in the case of major domains viz., veterinary science, animal production, live stock products technology, zoo and wild life, and information technology whereas distance learning was the preference In the case of extension and professional management. Trainers from outside the parent organisation were preferred while organising training programmes. The venue of training preferred was institutes within the state in the case of short-term training and those outside the state in the case of long-term training. The preferred periodicity of a short-term training was a year or less than a year while that for a long-term training was more than a year. The preferred duration of a short term training leading to a certificate was 15 days and that leading to a diploma was 90 days.
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    Profile of elephant keepers and owners of Thrissur and Palakkad districts
    (Department of Extension, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Mannuthy, 2001) Rajeev, T S; KAU; Rajkamal, P J
    Summary, etc. The present study was on the profile of elephant keepers and owners of Thrissur and Palakkad districts of Kerala. In all 50 elephant owners and 50 each of first and second mahouts were studied. The socio-economic profile of the elephant owners as well as the mahouts indicated that these categories were representing distinct socio-economic strata of society. While the owners were socio-economically better of the mahouts were not so and were illiterates. Majority of elephant owners as well as the mahouts had only either medium or low knowledge of elephant management. When owners' had more knowledge of disease management in comparison to other management domains, the mahouts had more knowledge of ha mess practices. For both owners as well as mahouts the knowledge of general management which included scientific feeding practices, among other practices, was one low. Further majority of the first mahouts were either medium or low adopters of scientific management practices. Age and experience, in general, were found to be important in the acquisition of knowledge as well as adoption of scientific practices. Further, knowledge of scientific management and its adoption were correlated. Information on some of the least known practices to the owners and mahouts revealed the chances of meting out hardship to the elephants unknowingly. Among the owners, first and second mahouts, training need of second mahouts was relatively more than that of first mahouts and their training need was more than that of owners. Only through a proper knowledge of the scientific practices and practicing of the same that the welfare of the captive elephants can be assured. Therefore, intensive efforts are required to formally train the elephant owners and mahouts. Appropriate training programmes can motivate the owners and mahouts to look after their elephants better thereby assuring their welfare.