Study on Managemental Practices of Black Bengal Goats in Two Agro-Climatic Sub-Regions of West Bengal.

摘要

The study was carried on three hundred seventy six Black Bengal goats in two sub regions of West Bengal. The information pertaining to the present study was collected from two hundred ninety three goat farmers by participatory and rapid rural appraisal techniques in repeated interactions. Majority of the farmers 76.43% in GFP (Gangetic Food Plane) and 80.88% in CFP (Coastal Food Plane) kept their goats in a part of their own residence. The floor upon which goats were housed found to be mostly Katcha with 87.26 and 95.59 percent katcha floor in GFP and CFP respectively. The drainage system in the animal house was found to be poor in majority of the cases and only 35.03 and 29.41 percent houses had good drainage system. 94.9 percent and 97.05 percent of the farmers under study area in GFP and CFP consulted a veterinary doctor in case of sick animals. The farmers reported that castrated animals fetched better price and showed better growth in respect to non castrated one. Only 15.92% and 16.17% of farmers’ supplemented compound concentrate to their goats in GFP and CFP. Cereal byproducts are readily available and provided by majority of farmers. Majority of the farmers 97.45% (GFP) and all farmers in CFP reported goat farming profitable. All the farmers reported that they were provided buck free of service under AICRP-G. In GFP, pre weaning kid mortality was highest due to Pneumonia (17.42%), followed by coccidiosis (15.33%), warm load (15.15%), non specific diarrhoea (13.64%), general weakness (9.85%), cold shock (8.33%), toxaemia (6.82%) and septicemia (1.15%). In both the same regions the trend of pre weaning kid mortality was more or less same. From the study, it was concluded that the production traits of goats in two sub regions were not differing significantly due to more or less similar practices in terms of housing, feeding, grazing etc. Pre-weaning kid mortality is more in CFP than GFP sub-regions and causes behind the kid mortality were more or less similar.