AN ETHNOGRAPHY OF ANIMAL HUSBANDRY PRACTICES IN TAMILNADU
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Date
2016
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TANUVAS
Abstract
The present study was undertaken in the agro climatic zones of Tamil Nadu to document various animal husbandry traditional practices and ethno-veterinary medicines in rural societies to find out the scientific rationale for the above, to enumerate the folkways and more of livestock farmers, to explore the livestock based heritage culinary products for protecting under geographical indication and to identify the pros and cons faced by the farmers adopting the animal husbandry traditional practices and ethno-veterinary medicines. A total of 240 farmers and 32 specialists were selected from four districts based on livestock population of Tamil Nadu namely Namakkal, Thiruppur, Tirunelveli and Vellore. The data were collected by using well structured and pre tested interview schedule and statistical tools viz., mean, percentage, Duncan Multiple Range test and Friedmann test were applied to analyze and interpret the data and the salient findings are as follows.
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TNV_TH_2016_DPV13004
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Veterinary Science