Application of Animal Welfare on Dairy Cattle Livestock in Ternak Sukses Bersama, Deyeng Village, Ringinrejo District, Kediri Regency

摘要

This research aims to describe the application of animal welfare to dairy farmers. The research was conducted by field observation method using a structured questionnaire. The participants in the study was 13 people. The application of animal welfare in this study includes 3 aspects, they are: Feed Management (frequency of feeding and drinking, feed ration), Housing Management (type of cage, building type, cage capacity, cage area, cage base, isolation cage), Health Management (cleaning cage, exercise, history of vaccination and treatment, history of disease). Feed management results showed that 13 farmers used 38.5% pineapple cob as forage feed, 30.8% used pineapple cob and naper grass mixture as forage feed, 15.4% used weeds and naper grass, and 7.7% used Corn cob with a mixture of naper grass and 7.7% gives only naper grass as forage. The frequency of feeding averaged twice a day (53.8%) and three times a day (30.8%). Housing management results the housing area of each farmer varies from 18 m~3 to 100 m~3 with an average of 24 m~3 (23.1%) and 40m~3 (15.4%). Health management showed a history of Brucella vaccination (23.1%), Brucella + Anthrax (46.2%), and 30.8% of farmers did not vaccinate. Farmers do cage cleaning twice a day (76.9%) and 3 times a day (23.1%). The history of the disease there, 13 farmers in the village, said that their livestock had been affected (fever) BEF 76.9%, Milk Fever (rheumatic) 15.4% Mastitis 53.8% and Hypocalcemia, CLP (Corpus Luteum Persistent), Bloating (Bloat), Retensio Placenta, Abses, Cantengan (Paronchya) and Diarrhea as much as 7.7%. The results of this study suggest the need for KIE (Communication, Information and Education) on a going basis to dairy farmers in Ternak Sukses Bersama, Deyeng Village, Ringinrejo District, and Kediri Regency.