1Khalsa College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Amritsar-1430 02, Punjab
2Animal Nutrition Research Station, Anand Agricultural University, Anand-388 110, Gujarat
Department of Animal Science, College of Agriculture, (Anand Agricultural University), Vaso-387 380, Gujarat
*E-mail address: drmnjegoda@gmail.com
Online published on 31 August, 2023.
A study was conducted to ascertain the extent of adoption of goat management practices in Kheda district of Gujarat. A total of 120 goat keepers in four talukas of the district were selected for the survey study. Majority of the goat keepers (77.50%) had low level of adoption of goat management practices. Goat keepers implemented the highest adoption of housing management (32.63%) followed by breeding management (32.21%), kid management (31.29%), feeding management (24.04%) and health care management (22.28%) practices. Family size, occupation, land holding, flock size, annual income and mass media exposure established positive and significant (P<0.05) correlation with the adoption level of goat keepers for goat management practices. It was concluded that majority of the goat keepers had low adoption of the goat management practices.
Adoption levels, Goat management practices, Gujarat, Kheda
