T. S. RajeevSHREYANSH HOSURE2023-02-172023-02-172022-02-10https://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/5810193986Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Veterinary and Animal Husbandry Extension EducationThe present study was undertaken to analyse the effectiveness of livestock services delivered by the institutions based on their mandates, to assess the core competency of the veterinary professionals in delivering livestock extension services and to identify the constraints perceived by them in livestock service delivery. An ex post-facto research design was adopted for the study. A total of 160 veterinary professionals were taken for the study. Out of them 12 veterinarians from DVC, 20 veterinarians from VPC, 103 veterinarians from VH & VD, 15 veterinarians from SRCMPU and 10 veterinarians from KVK were selected using stratified proportionate random sampling method. The result found that majority of the veterinarians working under SAHD perceived curative services (63.70%), production services (58.51%), preventive services (42.22%), diagnostic services (46.66%), extension services (54.07%) and miscellaneous services (56.29%) as average services provided by them. With respect to SRCMPU majority of the veterinarians perceived curative services (60.00%), production services (53.34%), preventive services (53.34%), extension services (60.00%) and miscellaneous services (60.00%) as average services provided by them. About KVK, majority of the veterinarians perceived on farm trails (50.00%), front line demonstrations (60.00%), capacity development activities (50.00%), data documentation (40.00%), training programme (50.00%) and extension activities (50.00%) as average services provided by them. Further, majority of the veterinarians rated livestock extension core competencies as important in their routine work and they had medium level of knowledge about these competencies. With respect to farmers perception towards livestock service delivered by SAHD, SRCMPU and KVK, majority of them perceived livestock service as average service provided by these institutions and most of them were not satisfied with these services. In the light of findings from the study, it is concluded that there is a lot of scope for improvement of livestock services in the state through suitable policy interventions.EnglishThesis