Geetha TTensingh Gnanaraj PTANUVAS2024-08-072024-08-072018https://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/5810212976A study was undertaken to assess the adoption level of improved goat rearing practices among goat farmers in Tiruvallur district of Tamil Nadu. The 10 blocks of Tiruvallur district, were selected for this study. From each selected block, one village with maximum goat population was selected and 20 goat farmers from each selected village were selected randomly and thus, a total sample of 200 goat farmers were constituted. The study revealed that high adoption was noticed in feeding colostrum to new born kids (96.50 percent), identifying the animals in heat (88.00 per cent), deworming of young kids (87.20 per cent) and low adoption was in Feeding neem leaves (4.40 per cent), providing mineral blocks, feeding crushed prosopsis and tamarind seeds (4.00 per cent), insurance of animals (1.31 per cent) and maintenance of records (0.9 per cent).EnglishOther