Socio-Economic Impact of Lumpy Skin Disease (LSD) in Jammu Division
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2024-04-11
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Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences & Technology, Jammu (J&K)
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The livestock sector plays an important role in sustaining the livelihoods of millions of families across the world, especially in developing countries like India. However, the effects of several infectious diseases and natural calamities are mostly felt by people with rural backgrounds as they entirely depends on agriculture and animal rearing practices for their source of income. The present study was undertaken with the objective to study the socio-economic impact of lumpy skin disease on the dairy farmers of UT of Jammu and Kashmir. An ex-post facto/exploratory research design was used for the study with the selection of 2 districts, Jammu and Udhampur through purposive sampling whereas selection of 8 blocks, 16 villages and 160 respondents was done through simple random sampling technique. The data was collected with the help of structured interview schedule through personal interview technique. Majority of the farmers were middle aged, having poor education with diversified occupation, having medium herd size of 3-4 animals. They had poor social participation, extension contact and mass media exposure. Majority of the respondents (81.25%) observed that the cross-bred cattle were significantly more affected than the desi cattle (p<0.01) for LSD. The sale and price of milk was significantly affected during the outbreak as reported by 88 per cent respondents (p<0.01). Sale and transportation of livestock across districts or states were badly affected due to the ban imposed by the state/UT government as reported by 63 per cent respondents. Significantly higher percentage of respondents (62.50%) observed delayed heat period in their cattle after vaccination (p<0.01). One of the major finding of the study was mortality in the cattle herd as observed by 61.25 per cent respondents (p<0.05). Majority of the respondents (95%) had already vaccinated their livestock against LSD (p<0.01) and found the vaccine effective in combating the disease (93.75%).The outbreak trends of the disease revealed that district Ramban surpassed other districts in percentage of positive cases of desi/non-descript cows (64.50%) while Rajouri (100%) was the district with maximum percentage of positive cases of cross-bred cows. Our results indicate a significant socio-economic impact of LSD on the farmers of Jammu division.
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