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Subject: Veterinary and Animal Husbandry Extension Education × Author: PRADEEP KUMAR, S. × End date: 2019 × Start date: 2010 × Thesis Type: M.V.Sc. ×
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    MEAT PRODUCTION AND MARKETING OF SMALL RUMINANTS IN KARNATAKA- AN EXPLORATORY STUDY
    (KARNATAKA VETERINARY, ANIMAL AND FISHERIES SCIENCES UNIVERSITY, BIDAR – 585401, 2018-09) PRADEEP KUMAR, S.; Dr. K. SATYANARAYAN
    The present study was conducted to acquire the first-hand information on existing rearing practices, marketing pattern and slaughter practices of small ruminants of Tumakuru district of Karnataka. A total of 120 small ruminant farmers and 60 retail meat stall respondents randomly selected. Majority (61.67%) of the farmers practiced extensive grazing, did not provide concentrates (79.17%) and supplementary ration (81.66%), changed their breeding ram (57.80%) and buck (77.92%) after four years and regularly dewormed and vaccinated (95.83%). Lamb /kid’s mortality was observed in all most all the flocks during rainy season and 50.83 per cent threw away the sheep/goat carcasses. Majority (81.67%) sold their male sheep and goats at the age of three to six months, through middlemen (38.33%), based on loin and thigh muscle thickness (54.17%) for the sake of immediate need of money (75.83%). All the meat stalls were unregistered, practiced halal method of slaughtering and majority (80%) preferred below the age of 15 months. None of the respondents carried out ante mortem and post mortem examination by qualified veterinarian, chemical decontamination of carcass, knife sterilization, never sent any samples for laboratory analysis, nor screened for communicable diseases nor wore protective cloths during slaughter and sales. Liquid wastes were disposed by 58.33 per cent respondents into the public sewage and 55 per cent threw away solid wastes in an open area. Most of them expressed lack of government support as their primary constraint in marketing of live animals (95.83%) and carcasses of small ruminants (96.67%).