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	Management practices of indigenous cattle adopted by the farmers in Thar desert region of Rajasthan state
	Kumar, Sunil; Subash, S.; Jangir, Rameti; Sankhala, Gopal
通讯作者	Kumar, S
来源期刊	INDIAN JOURNAL OF DAIRY SCIENCE
ISSN	0019-5146
EISSN	2454-2172
出版年	2017
卷号	70 期号:4 页码:482-485
英文摘要	Among the indigenous cattle, Sahiwal, Tharparkar and Rathi are the most important cattle breeds of Thar Desert of Rajasthan, which can withstand harsh desert climatic conditions and provides livelihood security to the rural masses. In order to document the existing management practices followed by the farmers in the study area a comprehensive study was conducted in three districts of Rajasthan State i.e. Sri-Ganganagar, Jodhpur and Bikaner, the breeding tract of three indigenous cattle. A total of 180 respondents rearing indigenous cattle were selected randomly from six villages of three districts. The information regarding the important management practices of farmers in terms of indigenous cattle breeding practices, housing system and health care aspects adopted were collected using semi-structured interview schedule. The major findings of the study indicated that, in case of breeding practices adopted, natural and indiscriminate mating of cows was dominated over planned mating with pedigree bull. In the case of heat and pregnancy diagnosis, majority of them followed indigenous methods. With respect to health care, majority of the farmers expressed their inability to access to departments veterinary services and hence predominantly depended on local healers and resorted to adoption of traditional/ethno veterinary practices for treating the indigenous cattle. The present study clearly indicated that majority of the farmers were maintaining their indigenous cattle in a more traditional way and there is an great potential to improve the animals productivity through adoption of scientific dairying practices.
英文关键词	Sahiwal Tharparkar Rathi indigenous cattle livelihood security
类型	Article
语种	英语
收录类别	ESCI
WOS记录号	WOS:000411010000019
WOS类目	Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
WOS研究方向	Agriculture
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/332255
作者单位	[Kumar, Sunil; Subash, S.] ICAR NDRI, Dairy Extens Sect SRS, Bengaluru 560030, Karnataka, India; [Jangir, Rameti] NAU, Navsari, India; [Sankhala, Gopal] ICAR NDRI, Dairy Extens Div, Karnal 132001, Haryana, India
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Kumar, Sunil,Subash, S.,Jangir, Rameti,et al. Management practices of indigenous cattle adopted by the farmers in Thar desert region of Rajasthan state[J],2017,70(4):482-485.
APA	Kumar, Sunil,Subash, S.,Jangir, Rameti,&Sankhala, Gopal.(2017).Management practices of indigenous cattle adopted by the farmers in Thar desert region of Rajasthan state.INDIAN JOURNAL OF DAIRY SCIENCE,70(4),482-485.
MLA	Kumar, Sunil,et al."Management practices of indigenous cattle adopted by the farmers in Thar desert region of Rajasthan state".INDIAN JOURNAL OF DAIRY SCIENCE 70.4(2017):482-485.