Studies on health care and milking practices adopted at buffalo farms of peri urban area of Surat city, India
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Bubalus bubalis, buffaloes, milking, health care, management practices, peri-urbanAbstract
A field survey was undertaken to collect the health care and milking management practices opted by randomly selected 50 buffaloes farm owners in peri urban areas of Surat city and data were collected by using personal interview schedule. The present study indicated that regular vaccination and deworming practice adopted by 96% and 38% of the respondents, respectively. Only 20% of respondents did not adopted control of ecto-parasites practices. Only 38% of respondents treated their sick buffalo by veterinary officer. Majority (58%) of respondents did not followed grooming practice to their buffaloes. Sick buffalo isolated from healthy one was adopted by only 12% of respondents. All the respondents’ clean udder and teats, wash their hands before milking and milked their animals at same place twice a day. Dry hand and full hand methods of milking was adopted by 24% and 18% of respondents, respectively. The use of oxytocin injection for letdown of milk after death of buffalo calf was adopted by 44% of respondents. Wipe the udder and teats after milking, teat dipping, testing for mastitis and teat canal sealing at the end of lactation was not practiced by any of the respondents.
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Deshmukh, M.S., S.H. Shaikh, M.B.A. Siddiqui and M.F. Siddiqui. 2009. Adoption of buffalo management practices by farmers. In Proceeding of National Symposium on Organic Livestock Farming-Global Issues, Trends and Challenges, Indian Society of Animal Production and Management, Kolkata, India. 173p.
Gill, T.K. and S.K. Saini. 2008. A study of awareness of recommended dairy practices among farmers. Int. J. Agric. Sci., 4(1): 296-300. Available on: http://researchjournal.co.in/online/IJAS/IJAS%204(1)/4_A-296-300.pdf
Gupta, D.C., A. Suresh and J.S. Mann. 2008. Management practices and productivity status of cattle and buffaloes in Rajasthan. Indian J. Anim. Sci., 78(7): 769-774.
Kumar, M. and R.K. Mehla. 2011. Milking management practices of buffaloes in the rural areas of Punjab. Indian Journal of Animal Production and Management, 27(1-2): 23-25.
Kumar, M. 2015. Buffalo healthcare management practices followed by the farmers of Ferozepur district of Punjab, India. Indian J. Anim. Res., 49(3): 413-415. DOI: 10.5958/0976-0555.2015.00125.9
Kumar, S. and B.K. Mishra. 2011. Existing calf rearing and milking management practices followed by dairy farmers in Uttarakhand. Journal of Hill Agriculture, 2(1): 79-84.
Kumar, S., B.K. Mishra, J.S. Yadav and A. Kumar. 2011. Existing breeding and health management practices followed by dairy farmers in mid hills of Uttarakhand. Indian Journal of Animal Production and Management, 27(1-2): 34-37.
Malik, D.S. and P.K. Nagpaul. 1999. Studies on milking and calf rearing management practices of Murrah buffalo in its home-tract of Haryana. Indian Journal of Animal Production and Management, 15(2): 52-54.
Manohar, D.S., B. Bais, R.N. Kachwaha, V.K. Choudhary and S.C. Goswami. 2013. Study on milking management practices of buffaloes in relationship with selected traits of respondents in Jaipur district of Rajasthan. Vet. Pract., 14(2): 335-337.
Meena, H.R., H. Ram, A. Sahoo and T.J. Rasool. 2008. Livestock husbandry scenario at high altitude kumaon Himalaya, Indian J. Anim. Sci., 78(8): 882-886.
Rathore, R.S. and R.N. Kachwaha. 2009. Studies on existing management practices followed by the buffalo owners in Jhunjhunu district of Rajasthan. Indian Journal of Animal Production and Management, 25(1-2): 8-11.
Rathore, R.S., R. Singh, R.N. Kachwaha and R. Kumar. 2010. Existing management practices followed by the cattle keepers in Churu district of Rajasthan. Indian J. Anim. Sci., 80(8): 798-805.
Sabapara, G.P., A.B. Fulsoundar and V.B. Kharadi. 2015. Milking and health care management practices followed by dairy animal owners in rural areas of Surat district. Scholars Journal of Agriculture and Veterinary Sciences, 2(2A): 112-117. Available on: https://saspjournals.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/SJAVS-22A112-117.pdf
Sabapara, G.P., P.M. Desai and V.B. Kharadi. 2016. Milking management practices of dairy animals in tribal area of South Gujarat, India. Livestock Research International, 4(1): 55-58. Available on: http://jakraya.com/Journal/pdf/11-lriArticle_10.pdf
Sabapara, G.P., P.M. Desai, V.B. Kharadi and R.R. Singh. 2010. Breeding and health care management status of dairy animals in the tribal area of south Gujarat. Indian J. Anim. Sci., 80(11): 1148-1151.
Singh, M., A. Chauhan and M.K. Garg. 2007. Studies on housing and health care management practices followed by dairy owners. Indian J. Anim. Res., 41(2): 79-86.
Snedecor, G.V. and W.G. Chochran. 1994. Statistical Methods, 8th ed. Lowa State University Press, Ames, Lowa, USA.
Swaroop, D. and J. Prasad. 2009. Milking management practices of dairy cattle and buffaloes in Trans-Yamuna rural areas of Allahabad district, p. 178-179. In Proceeding of National Symposium on Organic Livestock Farming-Global Issues, Trends and Challenges, Incentive Scheme for Acquisition of Plants and Machinery, Kolkata, India.
Varaprasad, A.R., T. Raghunandan, M.K. Kumar and M.G. Prakash. 2013. Management practices of the farmers rearing Jersey x Sahiwal cows in Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh. Indian Journal of Animal Production and Management, 29(1-2): 33-36. Available on: https://scholarly-journals.com/sjas/archive/2013/march/pdf/Varaprasad%20et%20al.pdf
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2021-12-30
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Sabapara, G. P., & Kharadi, V. B. (2021). Studies on health care and milking practices adopted at buffalo farms of peri urban area of Surat city, India. Buffalo Bulletin, 40(4), 645–652. Retrieved from https://kuojs.lib.ku.ac.th/index.php/BufBu/article/view/3146
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