ADOPTION OF GOAT MANAGEMENT PRACTICES IN BIDRI GOAT FARMERS IN BIDAR DISTRICT
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2021-03
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KARNATAKA VETERINARY, ANIMAL AND FISHERIES SCIENCES UNIVERSITY, BIDAR
Abstract
Present investigation was carried out to study goat management practices
followed in Bidar district. The desired information was collected through personal
interview of Bidri goat keepers by visual observations and actual measurements on
various desired aspects during year 2020-21. Information related to existing Bidri goat
management practices in relation to improved practices, constraints in adoption of
improved practices and level of adoption was recorded from total 180 goat farmers using
prepared questionnaire through well structured interview schedule. Most common
housing system was semi-intensive system (46.67%) followed by extensive (40.00%) and
intensive (13.33%) system. Large chunk of goat farmers (70.00%) depends only on
grazing for feeding their animals followed by grazing-cum-stall feeding (15.00%) and
stall-feeding (zero grazing) alone (15.00%). However, in Bidar (20.00%) significantly
(p<0.05) larger number of farmers depends on group stall-feeding alone. Majority of the
goat farmers (38.89%) get their animals treated by local practitioners followed by
veterinary assistants (35.00%) and veterinary officers (26.11%). Feeding related
constraints were most predominant type of constraints for goat farmers. Goat farmers had
adoption of various scientific goat rearing practices in following descending order i.e. kid
rearing (66.77%), milking (54.8%), health management (44.66%), housing (40.33%),
breeding (37.11%) and feeding (34.44%) management practices. Overall adoption of
scientific Bidri goat rearing practices by goat farmers was 46.37%. It can be concluded
that goat farmers in Bidar district have lower adoption rate of improved practices related
to feeding, breeding, housing and health management and requires interventions of
professionals to provide trainings and form societies.