Dairy farmers

Part 1 book "The veterinary book for dairy farmers" includes content: A concept of disease, immunity and treatment, the young calf, the weaned calf, rearing dairy heifers, the cow at calving, metabolic disorders, mastitis and conditions of the udder.

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Part 2 book "The veterinary book for dairy farmers" includes content: Fertility and its control; lameness and foot trimming; diseases of the skin; notifiable diseases of salmonellosis and zoonoses; minerals, trace elements, vitamins and water; miscellaneous digestive, respiratory and other conditions; routine tasks and dealing with poisons.

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Ketosis in dairy cattle has been shown to cause a high morbidity in the farm and substantial financial losses to dairy farmers. Ketosis symptoms, however, are difficult to identify, therefore, the amount of ketone bodies (mainly β-hydroxybutyric acid, BHB) is used as an indicator of subclinical ketosis in cows.

17p vihagrid 30-01-2023 9 4   Download

Endometritis is a prevalent uterine disease in postpartum cows. The disease reduces fertility performance and milk yield, and subsequently, productivity and profitability of dairy farms. The reduction in performance is associated with considerable economic losses on dairy farms.

11p vigandhi 23-02-2022 10 1   Download

Culling is a major cost for dairy farms but also an essential part in managing herd productivity. This study aimed to identify the culling rates of Estonian dairy cows, identify the farmers’ stated reasons and risk factors for culling.

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Antimicrobials are extensively used in cattle and poultry production in Tanzania. However, there is dearth of information on its quantitative use. A questionnaire-based cross-sectional study was conducted from August to September 2019 in randomly selected poultry and small-scale dairy farms, in three districts of Dar es Salaam City eastern, Tanzania, to assess the practice and quantify antimicrobial use.

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Previous studies have identified many immune pathways which are consistently altered in humans and model organisms as they age. Dairy cows are often culled at quite young ages due to an inability to cope adequately with metabolic and infectious diseases, resulting in reduced milk production and infertility. Improved longevity is therefore a desirable trait which would benefit both farmers and their cows. This study analysed the transcriptome derived from RNA-seq data of leukocytes obtained from Holstein cows in early lactation with respect to lactation number.

17p vitzuyu2711 29-09-2021 9 1   Download

Dairy enterprise is recognized to play a constructive role in reducing poverty and promoting rural welfare at farm level. Considering the need for development of entrepreneurship among dairy farmers a study was conducted in Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh to know the level of entrepreneurial behavior of dairy farmers.

5p chauchaungayxua12 29-07-2021 8 1   Download

The livestock insurance program for dairy farmers in Vietnam targeting various acute diseases began in 2011 as a pilot project; however, due to vaccination campaigns, outbreaks of such diseases are rare. The objective of this study was to investigate the effects of mastitis and reproductive failure-which chronically affect the farming economy-on the decision to participate in the insurance program.

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The present study was conducted to know the knowledge of dairy animal owners in animal breeding practices a field survey in Surat district (Mahuva, Mandvi, Umarpada and Mangrol talukas. From each talukas three villages (60 cattle owners) were selected to take the observation related to the study. The present study revealed that majority of dairy farmers were belonged to middle to old age group, educate up to primary and secondary level, marginal to small land holdings, rearing animals up to 10.

5p cothumenhmong11 11-05-2021 11 2   Download

Dairy farming is one of the important activities among the rural farmers. It provides sustainable income and reduces unemployment to a large number of the rural poor. The study was conducted in Bidar disstrict of Karnataka state and is purposively selected for the study since it has got predominant buffalo based dairy production system. The main focus of the study was to assess the feeding and nutritional management of buffaloes. Bidar and Humnabad taluks were randomly selected for the study. A total of 180 buffalo farmers were selected for the study.

9p trinhthamhodang11 27-04-2021 9 1   Download

Therefore the efforts are made to assess the knowledge level and the factors effecting the dairy production in urban and peri-urban areas. This study was conducted in purposively selected Agra Division of Uttar Pradesh in 120 respondents.

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The nationwide imposition of lockdown due to Covid-19 adversely affected various agriculture allied occupations especially livestock and poultry sector. For dairy farmers reduced price of milk, lack of transportation means and lack of veterinary aids were major problems faced during the lockdown. Poultry farmers incurred massive losses due to rumours associated with chicken which caused collapse in demand for poultry products. Top ranked problems faced by poultry farmers include reduced availability of improved breeds, price and sale of egg or meat.

5p caygaocaolon11 21-04-2021 16 1   Download

The study marketing of milk in Satara district of Maharashtra on the data collected in the year 2018-19. Tabular analysis was used for the calculating the marketing cost, marketing margin and price spread. The respondent farmer marketing of milk through different channels. Channel I – Producer to cooperative dairy, Channel II – Producer to private dairy, Channel III – Producer to consumer.

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The present study was undertaken in the four districts viz., Imphal West, Imphal East, Thoubal and Bishnupur district of Manipur, India with the objective of present practices of Artificial Insemination (AI) services among the dairy farmers. Although AI was introduced only in the early 1980’s it has become widely adopted in the region.

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The present investigation was conducted in Jaipur district of Rajasthan with aimed to “identify major constraints faced by farmers in different farming systems”. The study revealed that four farming systems were existed in both rainfed and irrigated situations of Jaipur district viz: FS-I: Crop + Dairy (C+D), FS-II: Crop + Dairy + Vegetable (C+D+V), FS-III: Crop + Dairy + Goat (C+D+G) and FS-IV Crop + Poultry (C+P). The major constraints reported by household in rainfed situation for crops and dairy enterprises were inadequate irrigation facilities (61.

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The present study was conducted in two agro-climatic zones; Central plain zone (CPZ) and Western plain zone (WPZ) of Punjab having maximum number of dairy animals according to 20th livestock census. The data were collected by using well structured interview schedule from 300 dairy farmers of CPZ and WPZ. Garrett‟s ranking technique was used to prioritize the different sets of constraints in terms of their mean score.

9p chauchaungayxua11 23-03-2021 12 1   Download

The present study was conducted on randomly selected 240 dairy farmers from Punjab contacted at various Kissan melas, Trainings, KVKs and seminars. 129 dairy farmers who were preparing self-made feed were selected as final respondents. The farmers were asked to rank reasons for likings of self-made feed and disliking of branded feed from 1st rank to 8 th rank according to Garret’s ranking technique on pre-selected reasons, which were compiled after scrutinizing relevant literature, consulting subject matter specialist and progressive farmers.

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Azolla is a free floating, rapidly growing aquatic fern on water surface. It has enormous potential as a livestock feed due to its high content of protein, essential amino acids, vitamins and minerals. The scientists of Krishi Vigyan Kendra, West Sikkim introduced azolla cultivation in the district by demonstration conducted at farmers’ field. The farmers were trend by on and off campus practical training cum demonstration on azolla production technology.

4p chauchaungayxua11 23-03-2021 10 1   Download

A producer company is the hybrid between a private limited company and a co-operative society. It combines benefits of professional management of former and welfare consideration of the latter (NABARD, 2015).

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