ANIMAL HEALTH DELIVERY SERVICES -A STUDY IN KRISHNA DISTRICT
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2007
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SRI VENKATESWARA VETERINARY UNIVERSITY TIRUPATI - 517 502. (A.P.) INDIA
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Since independence, in India, the veterinary services are funded managed and delivered by public sector. With the introduction of economic reforms in the country since 1992, public sector monopoly came under increasing threat as it started questioning the economic and efficiency of the veterinary services‟ providers. Inadequate financial resources and stringent measures have brought about the active participation of private and NGOs in this sector and there by limiting the role of the state in livestock extension services. Hence, animal health delivery services are considered as a strategy to improve the effectiveness and quality of veterinary services delivery. In this context, it is appropriate to ascertain the major service providers, what services they provide and the farmers awareness and perception towards the services provided by the various agencies. The present study entitled “Animal Health Delivery Services- A Study in Krishna District” was employed in two stages i.e. in initial phase an exploratory research design to explore the various agencies providing services from a sample of 15 drawn from the various Government and semi –government agencies . An ex-post facto research was also adopted in the later phase i.e. awareness and perception involving 120 farmers in relation to the services selected through random sampling technique. Krishna district in AP was purposively selected for the study, as this is one of the districts having highest livestock population and there is heavy demand for effective livestock health services. Data was elicited from 120 respondents drawn from 3 mandals. A total of six villages were selected from the 3 mandals. From each village, 20 farmers, selected randomly were subjected for investigation through prestructutred interview schedule. The results emerged from the study are as follows - The socio-economic profile of the respondents in the study area indicated that a majority of them are of middle age group, with low livestock experience , semi skilled in their vocation, had marginal land holdings, majority were from BC category caste community, functionally illiterate , not holding any official position in socio-political organizations, with low material possession , living in brick walled houses, possessed medium family and herd size and had moderate information seeking behaviour.
The findings on the various agencies providing AHDS revealed that government agencies mainly AH department, APLDA, SVVU were the major AH service providers followed by private agencies. To a small extent corporate and NGO are also undertaking AHDS to the farmers.
The key areas which emerged where a completed awareness was expressed by the farmers towards various AHDS provided by different agencies in the study were vaccination, deworming and deticking , disease diagnosis and treatment on medical and gynecological, surgical services supply of medicines and drugs, first-aid and attending disease out breaks where as disease surveillance and Animal Health Camps services to lesser extent of awareness among the farmers were observed. The awareness on the extension services such as advisory services, training programmes, follow up services, minikit distribution of fodder rendered by different agencies were also expressed by the respondents to a satisfactory extent. The results pertaining to the perception of the farmers towards various AHDS have brought out that a majority of them were satisfied with sanitation and disinfection of animals and sheds, vaccination , deworming and deticking ,medical diagnosis and treatment , first aid, extension services like advisory services and minikit distribution, PM inspection and issue of health certificates . A small percentage of respondents could not express their perception towards gynecological diagnosis, treatment and supply of medicines, drugs and attending disease outbreaks and issue of insurance certificates.
It was also revealed that a majority of the respondents indicated dissatisfaction towards the services like disease surveillance and AH camps, surgical diagnosis and treatment and conduct of training programmes, follow up of services and disaster management.
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