Adoption of improved sheep and goat husbandry practices in pudukottai district of Tamil Nadu

The study was conducted in Pudukkottai district of Tamil Nadu to evaluate the adoption of recommended sheep and goat husbandry practices by the livestock farmers. The study revealed that nearly 85 per cent of the participant farmers were in the medium and high level of adoption category. The extent of adoption of participant farmers was comparatively more than that of the nonparticipant farmers. The recommended practices namely Selection and purchase of quality animals, provision of shelter, feeding of colostrum to new born kids, feeding of crushed prosopis seeds and tamarind seeds, feeding of tree leaves in summer, deworming, vaccination and marketing of lambs at 8 months of age were the recommended practices adopted by majority of the participant farmers.