Journal of Dairying Foods & Home Sciences
SCOPUS
  • Year: 2011
  • Volume: 30
  • Issue: 2

Knowledge Level of Dairy Farmers Regarding Recommended Buffalo Management Practices*

  • Author:
  • G.S. Aulakh, J.S. Yadav, Rajbir Singh
  • Total Page Count: 3
  • Page Number: 147 to 149

Chaudhary Charan Singh University, Meerut-250 001, India

1Present address: KVK, Faridkot, Punjab, email address: gurjantsingh _aulkah@ymail.com

2Department of Dairy Science & Technology, JV College, Baraut, Uttar Pradesh.

3Department of Animal Husbandry, Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel University of Agriculture and Technology, Meerut.

*Part of Ph.D thesis of first author submitted to CCS University, Meerut.

Abstract

The knowledge level of dairy farmers about recommended management practices in four major areas of dairy farming such as breeding, feeding, general management and health care practices were studied in three districts of Punjab. The total 180 respondents having different range of buffaloes were selected from six villages. The overall analyses revealed that majority (66.67%) of the dairy farmers have medium level of knowledge, followed by high and low as 22.78 and 10.56 per cent respectively.

Keywords

Knowledge, Dairy farmers, Recommended practices