India has 124.36 millions of Goat heads out of that Maharashtra possesses 10.68 million goats. Taking into account the importance of goats, their development and maintenance is essential. Therefore, the present investigation was undertaken to study the adoption of goat rearing practices in Osmanabad district. The category wise adoption index was presented in which breeding practices for goat obtained more adoption index (66.89) followed by feeding practices for newly born kid (51.81), feeding practices for goat (45.48) and health care practices (32.55). The overall adoption index was 47.92. Non-availability of veterinary services in the village in time (80.55%) followed by costly veterinary services (76.38) inadequate and untimely loan supply (68.05%) were major problems faced by the goat keepers.
Adoption, Improved goat, Rearing practices, Goat keepers
