Mithun Husbandry - Issues and Strategies in Papum Pare District of Arunachal Pradesh

Mithun (Bos frontalis) is pride of Arunachal Pradesh and one of the major single most problems in mithun husbandry is ownership dispute, apart from crop raid, wild beast and other being viral, bacterial and parasitic infestation. To overcome the ownership dispute microchip implantation on the left side of neck region (anterior to the point of shoulder), while Lura system to mitigate crops raids, special training to mithun to come inside protected enclosure at night to curve out wild beast menace, followed by vaccination, antibiotic and anthelmantic drugs respectively for viral, bacterial and parasitic infestation have been suggested to the farmers of the area.