National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692 Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
Bannur or Mandya sheep breed has been one of the most important and dominant indigenous breed of Karnataka. Bannur breed has been in limelight ever since its development and continues to be the only outstanding and the best Mutton breed of the State and Country. An exploratory research design was adopted to study the rearing pattern of Bannur sheep in its native tract and thus 200 respondents from Malavalli and Bannur villages were selected purposively for the study. The study revealed that all the farmers clean their sheep sheds regularly but do not apply any ecto-parasite solution while cleaning sheep sheds. Related to identification of animals, all the farmers identify their flock by marking with colors. Majority of the farmers posses closed type of housing usually house with mud walls and roof made up of cheaply available materials. Majority of the farmers prefer early and late hours of the day for grazing their flock during summer and depend on rivers as a source of drinking water for their flocks. Majority of the farmers graze their flocks for 6 to 7 hours a day. Majority of the farmers allowed the rams for first service at the age of 12-14 months and change their breeding rams regularly.
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