KNOWLEDGE LEVEL OF FARMERS IN DAIRY CATTLE FARMING SYSTEMS IN TAMIL NADU, INDIA
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2016-07
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Abstract
Dairy farming is an important livelihood
avenue in rural India. Owing to the changing trend in
dairying, awareness on the current dairy farming
systems would be much helpful to the stakeholders
involved in livestock development. Keeping this in
mind, the study was carried out to find out the
scientific knowledge level of
farmers in dairy cattle farming
systems in Tamil Nadu, India. A
sample size consisting of 50
farmers in Cattle farming
system and 50 farmers in
B u f f a l o f ami n g s y s t em
belonging to three villages each
in Villupuram and Namakkal
districts of Tamil Nadu, India
had been selected by using
m u l t i s t a g e s a m p l i n g
methods.The results indicated
that all the respondents ( 100 %)
in both cattle and buffalo
farming systems had full
k n owl e d g e o n a l l owi n g
newborn calf for colostrum
feeding, deworming of calf, right time of AI, testing
for pregnancy, optimum time of feeding, sanitary
practices in milking, out of 25 scientific dairy farming
practices. Under crop cultivation practices, all the
respondents (100%) possessed scientific knowledge
on irrigation management and plant protection
measures in both cattle and buffalo farming systems.
Further the farmers at buffalo farming system had
better knowledge than farmers in cattle farming
system due to availability technological resources in
their location.
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TNV_IRJI_2016_1(11)1-3
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Veterinary Science