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 |
A study was conducted to evaluate the existing housing and feeding management practices followed by the dairy animal keepers in U.S. Nagar district of Uttarakhand. It was observed that majority of farmers housed their animal in pucca house 73.89%, whereas 26.11% had kaccha houses for their animals. 81.67% farmers were following group system of animal housing. Kaccha type of floor was found in 54.44% of the houses. Satisfactory drainage 58.89% was observed in majority of farmers. 74.44% of farmers followed permanent type of roof system. 52.22% farmers housed their animal at day as well as night time. Majority of farmers 60.55% farmers were followed satisfactory ventilation in their sheds. Regarding feeding practices, majority the farmers followed group feeding 66.67 %. Most of the farmers about 90.55% followed the practice of chopped green fodder and fed dry fodder to their animals. 88.89% of the farmers fed concentrate to the animals, farmers adopted the practice of feeding cooked 61.11% form of concentrate to their animals. Most number of farmers 51.11% preferred readymade sources of concentrate feeding for their animals, more than half 73.89% of respondents fed colostrum to newly born calf within 2 hours.
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