1Associate Professor, and Principal, Polytechnic in Veterinary Seience and A.H, Sardar Krushinagar Dantiwada Agriculture University (SDAU) Sardar Kushinagar Bankantha
2M.sc Scholar, Department of Food Science and Nutrition, Aspee Collage of Home Science and Nutrition SDAU, Sardar Krushinagar
3Veterinary officer, Department of Animal Husbandry, Gujarat
Online published on 30 March, 2019.
The major constraints experienced by the dairy farmers in adoption of improved animal husbandry practices were inadequate irrigation facilities for growing green fodder for animals (100%), followed by non-availability of elite sires for breeding purpose in villages (97.5%) and too much of repeat breeding through A. I.(96.4%). The non-availability of expert services to treat repeat breeders(95%), lack of knowledge about control measures of clinical and sub clinical mastitis(93.6%) and infertility problems in dairy animals(93.3%), non-availability of input for green fodder(92.8%), were also major problems in adoption of improved animal husbandry practices. Measures suggested by the dairy farmers to overcome the barriers in adoption were to make provision of adequate water for fodder cultivation, improvement of skill of para-veterinarians and provision of required number of elite bulls for natural services at the village level. Regular training to dairy farmers, a competitive price for milk products, arrangement for fodder depots, heath services and timely vaccination were also some of the suggested important needs of dairy farmers.
Constraints, improved animal husbandry practices, adoption, dairy farmers
