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    A STUDY ON HUSBANDRY PRACTICES UNDER DIFFERENT PRODUCTION SYSTEMS OF SHEEP IN HASSAN DISTRICT
    (KARNATAKA VETERINARY, ANIMAL AND FISHERIES SCIENCES UNIVERSITY, BIDAR, 2018-07) GURUPRASAD, R.; Dr. Y. B. RAJESHWARI
    The present study was carried out with the objective of documenting the existing management practices of sheep in Hassan District, to record the performance of field flocks of sheep, the constraints faced by sheep farmers and to evaluate the strategic anthelmintic intervention using FECRT. A structured schedule was employed to record the managemental practices among the respondents selected across different agroclimatic zones using multistage stratified random sampling procedure. The existing system of rearing was majorly extensive followed by semi-intensive. The sheep housing was open type and kutcha in nature, breeding practices were natural and uncontrolled. Common property resources were the major grazing source, the colostrum feeding of lambs was optimum and the health care practices were adequate except unscientific deworming regimen. Most of the managemental practices were found to be cognitive among the farmers. The ADG recorded between 0-3, 3-6 and 6-9 months was 68.28, 52.34 and 38.29 g/d, respectively indicating better scope for improvement in terms of feeding management. Sheep production in this area faced problems like diminishing grazing lands, high cost of labor, mortality, disease outbreaks, reproductive issues and unorganized marketing which were ranked as per Garrett’s ranking technique. The strategic anthelmintic trial with the most commonly used drugs at the field level indicated development of resistance by the GI parasites, which was common to all the zones irrespective of seasons. It was concluded that sheep production in Hassan is majorly extensive and the performance of field flocks of sheep can be enhanced by scientific feeding and management practices. Importance of rationale deworming using FECRT and proper drugs and dosage selection for profitable sheep farming must be envisaged among the sheep farmers.