Feeding and management practices of goats in Beed district
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2011-04-21
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Vasantrao Naik Marathwada Krishi Vidyapeeth, Parbhani
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The present investigation was carried out to study the “Feeding
and management practices of goat in Beed district”. The twenty villages
were randomly selected from parali and Ambajogai tahsils. Ten number
of goat keepers were randomly selected from each village. Thus, total
sample size was 200 goat keepers with objective enumeration of goats
in terms of age and sex in population, to study the existing feeding and
managements practices, to study the constraints in feeding and
management and suggest proper feeding and management practices of
goats.
The study revealed that the population of 2278 goats were
considerd for study mostly landless labourer and small farmer found to
rear the goats. The flock size was observed in between 1-5, 6-10, 11-15
and more than 15 most of the goat keepers were reared the flock size
between 6-10 most of the goats respondent were followed goat rearing
from the occupation of goat rearing + agril labour and mostly they are
from illiterate category.
It was further revealed that 70.5 percent, 47 percent and 6
percent respondents followed grazing, semi-grazing and stall feeding
system, respectively. Adoption of management practices viz feeding,
breeding and housing management were studied. The feeding
management practices were followed by 67 (33.5%) and non adopting
followed by 133 (66.5%). The breeding management practices were
followed by 127 (63.5%) and non followed by 73 (36.5%). The housing
management practices were followed by 63 (31.5%) and non followed
by 137(66.5%).
The constraints faced by the respondents were heavy mortality
during rainy season (85.5%), lack of knowledge about goat
management (84.5%), non availability of veterinary doctors (76.5%)
non availability of bucks (75.5%), lack of adequate financial support
(72.5%) lack of housing (68.5%), on availability of fodder (66.5%),
lack of knowledge about diseases (54.5%), lack of grazing area (40.5%)
and lack of land (39.%).
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