Journal of Animal Research
  • Year: 2017
  • Volume: 7
  • Issue: 1

Draftability of Kutchi Camel under Agro Climatic Condition of Middle Gujarat

  • Author:
  • Yogesh Padheriya1, Ghanshyam Tiwari2, Lokesh Gupta2, Manzarul Islam1, Atul Patel1, Kishan Wadhwani1,
  • Total Page Count: 5
  • Page Number: 133 to 137

1Department of Livestock Production Management, College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Anand Agricultural University, Anand, Gujarat, India

2Department of Farm Machinery and Power Engineering, College of Technology and Engineering, MPUAT, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India

*Corresponding author: K Wadhwani; Email: knwadhwani@aau.in

Online published on 24 April, 2017.

Abstract

Present study was conducted on five clinically healthy adult Kutchi camels (B.wt. 450-550kg) with the objective to assess the effect of different payloads (L1-1500kg, L2-2000kg and L3-2500kg), under different seasons (S1-hot dry, S2-hot humid and S3-winter) and work rest cycles (WR1: 2h (W)-1h (R)-2h (W)-1h (R) + 2h (W) and WR2: 1h (W)-15 min (R)-1h (W)-15 min (R)-1h (W)-1h (R)-1h (W)-15 min (R)-1h (W)-15 min (R)-1h (W). The Kgf, Hp, power output (W), stride (no/100m), time (sec/100m), stride length (m) and duration of stride/sec were recorded significantly (p<0.05) higher under L2 and L3 as compared to L1 under different work rest cycles, whereas speed (m/sec) declined significantly (p<0.05) under L2 and L3as compared to L1. The no of strides/sec did not differ under any pay loads under different work rest cycles. The Hp, power output (W), speed (m/sec) and number of stride/sec increased significantly (p<0.05) under S2 and S3 as compared to S1 whereas time (sec)/100 m and duration of stride/sec declined significantly (p<0.05) under season S2 and S3 as compared to SThe stride length (m) recorded significantly (p<0.05) high in S2 an compared to S1 and S3. The Kgf did not alter in any season.

Keywords

Draftability, season, payload, work rest cycle, Kutchi camel