Managemental practices followed by farmers rearing Badri Cattle in hills of Uttarakhand

The present study aims at studying the managemental practices of the newly registered Badri cattle of Uttarakhand. The study revealed that cent percent of respondents could easily detect the estrous in the cattle, majority (55.00%) of the respondents go for natural service. Majority of (75.00%) respondents don't discuss reproductive problems with veterinarians. Pregnancy diagnosis by veterinarians is being followed by 18.3 percent of the respondents. Majority of respondents (75.00%) stall fed their cattle and only 30.00 percent of the respondents go for mineral mixture supplements for their cattle, none of the respondents are isolating the sick animals to other sheds. Cent percent of the respondents provide shed to their cattle. All the respondents attended their cow and calf after calving and took proper care of them. All the respondents having bullock / ox performed castration of male calf. Average age of castration of male calf was 5.43±1.04 years. Majority of respondents (59.20%) were selling the milk directly to the consumers and cent percent of the respondents were preserving the fodder. Mnagemental practices followed were not sound and need improvement. Badri cattle although reared under low input - low output production system under semi intensive farming, is able to produce and survive. Therefore with suitable scientific interventions, which are compatible to low production cattle rearing system productivity per animal can be increased.