A STUDY ON HUSBANDRY PRACTICES UNDER DIFFERENT PRODUCTION SYSTEMS OF SHEEP IN HASSAN DISTRICT
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2018-07
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KARNATAKA VETERINARY, ANIMAL AND FISHERIES SCIENCES UNIVERSITY, BIDAR
Abstract
The present study was carried out with the objective of documenting the existing
management practices of sheep in Hassan District, to record the performance of field
flocks of sheep, the constraints faced by sheep farmers and to evaluate the strategic
anthelmintic intervention using FECRT. A structured schedule was employed to record
the managemental practices among the respondents selected across different agroclimatic zones using multistage stratified random sampling procedure. The existing
system of rearing was majorly extensive followed by semi-intensive. The sheep housing
was open type and kutcha in nature, breeding practices were natural and uncontrolled.
Common property resources were the major grazing source, the colostrum feeding of
lambs was optimum and the health care practices were adequate except unscientific
deworming regimen. Most of the managemental practices were found to be cognitive
among the farmers. The ADG recorded between 0-3, 3-6 and 6-9 months was 68.28,
52.34 and 38.29 g/d, respectively indicating better scope for improvement in terms of
feeding management. Sheep production in this area faced problems like diminishing
grazing lands, high cost of labor, mortality, disease outbreaks, reproductive issues and
unorganized marketing which were ranked as per Garrett’s ranking technique. The
strategic anthelmintic trial with the most commonly used drugs at the field level indicated
development of resistance by the GI parasites, which was common to all the zones
irrespective of seasons. It was concluded that sheep production in Hassan is majorly
extensive and the performance of field flocks of sheep can be enhanced by scientific
feeding and management practices. Importance of rationale deworming using FECRT
and proper drugs and dosage selection for profitable sheep farming must be envisaged
among the sheep farmers.