A Study on Breeding and Calf Management Practices in Bidar District of Karnataka- An Exploratory Study

摘要

The study on breeding and calf management practices of buffaloes was purposively conducted in Bidar district of Karnataka adopting exploratory research design. A total of 180 buffalo farmers were selected randomly for the study. The study revealed that most of the farmers experienced problems in heat detection at right time in buffaloes (51.12 %). Majority of farmers preferred artificial insemination (51.22 %), bred their buffaloes 3 or more than 3 times for successful conception (71.67 %) and encountered repeat breeding in the buffaloes (56.12 %). Among the farmers who had encountered repeat breeding problem in the herd, about 37.23 per cent of farmers found that animals did not responded positively towards the treatment of repeat breeding and mostof them did not maintain proper breeding record (96.67 %). Most of the farmers provided adequate floor space to the calves (70.55 %) but did not provide bedding material to protect from extreme weather (71.67 %) and also did not provide manger for feeding their calves (94.45 %). Majority of the farmers experienced calf mortality problem (54.44 %) caused due to diarrhea (35.55 %). Repeat breeding problem in the buffaloes (70.00 %) and poor conception rate through artificial insemination (58.88 %) were the major breeding constraints faced by farmers.