Perceived effectiveness of animal health services offered by different service providers in Namakkal District of Tamil Nadu
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Date
2018
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Indian Dairy Association
Abstract
The present study was undertaken to assess the
perceived effectiveness of health services offered by different
dairy service providers in Namakkal district of Tamil Nadu during
the period 2012-13 with respect to their regularity, timeliness,
quality and cost. A total of 120 respondents who were availing
the health services from different dairy service delivery systems
were selected using proportionate random sampling and data
were collected and analyzed. Most of the respondents
predominantly availed the curative (99.17%) and preventive
(95.00%) services from the private veterinarians; and medicines
from the pharmacies (98.33%) than other dairy service providers.
It was perceived by the dairy farmers that the curative services,
preventive services and supply of medicines by private
veterinarians were effective in terms of regularity and quality.
Dairy farmers perceived that animal husbandry department
provided cost effective curative services, preventive services
and medicines because most of the services were provided at
free of cost. Further, they perceived that the timely curative and
preventive services were provided by animal husbandry
department, whereas pharmacies delivered medicines in time as
they operate within the vicinity of the dairy farmers. Overall, the
health services offered by the animal husbandry department were
perceived to be most effective than other dairy service providers.
Hence, dairy co-operatives and private integrators need to make
enormous efforts to improve the health service delivery to reach
the farmers.
Description
TNV_IJDS_2018_71(4)430-434
Keywords
Veterinary Science