Feeding and Breeding Management Practices Followed by Livestock Farmers in Banswara District of Rajasthan

Authors

  • Yogita Khandelwal Research Scholar, Rajasthan College of Agriculture, Udaipur- 313001, Rajasthan, INDIA
  • Lokesh Gupta Head, Department of Animal Production, RCA, MPUAT, Udaipur- 313001, Rajasthan, INDIA
  • Jeewan Ram Jat SRF, Department of Animal Production, RCA, MPUAT, Udaipur- 313001, Rajasthan, INDIA

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5455/ijlr.20191005090906

Keywords:

Animal, Breeding, Feeding, Livestock, Management

Abstract

Livestock sector is an important sub-sector of the agriculture. It plays a significant role in the Indian
economy. India is bestowed with the largest livestock population in the world. Production potential of
livestock depends on the management practices. The study was conducted in purposively selected Banswara
district of Southern Rajasthan including 30 tribal farmers from 6 selected villages of 2 tehsils namely
Banswara and Sajjangarh. The study revealed that the all most all (96.66%) farmers fed the green fodder
to their animals. The majority of farmers (76.67 %) fed non leguminous and 23.33 % farmers fed
leguminous fodder. Major source of drinking water was hand pumps and canal. All the livestock keepers
got their animal detected estrous symptoms by bellowing, whereas 56.67 per cent famers detected through
mounting on other animals. Nearly half of the total respondents practiced natural services.

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Published

31-03-2020

How to Cite

Khandelwal, Y., Gupta, L., & Jat, J. R. (2020). Feeding and Breeding Management Practices Followed by Livestock Farmers in Banswara District of Rajasthan . International Journal of Livestock Research, 10(3), 176–183. https://doi.org/10.5455/ijlr.20191005090906

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