1Lala Lajpat Rai University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Hisar, Haryana
2CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, Haryana
*Corresponding author: sumit.mahajan@luvas.edu.in
Online published on 24 March, 2023.
The study is based on the secondary data available from NSSO conducted in the year 2013. Decision to use veterinary services and its choice was hypothesized to be affected by access to veterinary services, milk production, operational land holding, principal income source, milk price, training, extension along with demographic factors. Considering the diversity of India, the data were divided into six regions and data were analysed for each of six regions and at all-India level using multinomial logit method. At all-India level, exposure to extension agencies encouraged the dairy farmers to avail institutional services. The marginal sections of the society were likely to not avail veterinary services, thereby affecting the productivity of the animals. Households with higher milk production levels were more likely to avail veterinary services. The presence of veterinary hospitals/dispensaries in villages of Hills, East, and NE regions increased the probability of availing their services by 9%, 6%, and 21%. Households with higher milk production were more inclined to avail veterinary services from both (institutional and non-institutional) sources of veterinary services in North and West regions. Training in agriculture increased the probability of availing institutional veterinary services in Hills and West regions by 16% and 7%, respectively.
