Livestock veterinary services

In this study, optimised hotspot analysis was applied to detect hotspots and coldspots of 14 common tick species in Zimbabwe. Data on the spatial distribution of tick species were obtained from the Epidemiology Unit of the Division of Veterinary Field Services of Zimbabwe.

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The present study on Murrah buffaloes was conducted at Cattle and Buffalo Farm (Livestock Production and Management Section), ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute. Reproductive data pertaining to post partum interval to estrus (PPIE), service period (SP), number of services per conception (NoS/C) and breeding efficiency (BE) were recorded and analysed to examine the effects of pre-partum body condition score, lactation order, age at calving, season of calving, body weight at calving and dry period on various reproductive traits.

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The study indicated that 46.67 per cent of the farmers belonged to old age group of above 45 years and were illiterate (36.70 %). Majority (51.70 %) of them had dairying and agriculture as their primary occupation and had more than 10 years of farming experience. Majority of the farmers had medium categories of cosmopoliteness and livestock possession (85.00 % and 68.33 %) respectively. The major constraints faced by the respondents were lack of awareness about latest technologies, scarcity of grazing land and water in dairy farming and lack of veterinary extension services at field level.

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The data on reproductive performance of 502 Nellore Brown lambs born during 2006 to 2011 maintained at Livestock Research Station, Mamnoor, Warangal district which is a constituent of Sri P.V. Narsimha Rao Telangana Veterinary University, Hyderabad, were utilized for the present study. The overall least squares mean age at first service(AFS), age at first lambing (AFL), service period (SP) and lambing interval (LI) were 593.55±6.74, 742.53±6.75, 155.03 ± 10.71 and 304.41 ± 10.71 days, respectively. Year of birth had shown highly significant (P≤0.

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The present investigation was carried out in four districts of Chhattisgarh state to assess the performance of Maitris as perceived by Veterinarians of the State in delivering the veterinary services in the rural areas. The study reveals that more than 70% of veterinary officers were highly satisfied with the respondents in respect to their AI target achievement, performance in conducting AI, breed identification, deworming of animals, providing livestock services in the remote areas, census work, providing first aid, report return and record maintenance.

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The present investigation was carried out in four districts of Chhattisgarh state to assess the challenges and constraints faced by Maitris in delivering the livestock veterinary services in the rural areas. Most of the Maitris stated that people do not pay properly for their services (74%), people expect to provide service as like veterinary officers of the department (91%), remuneration paid by government for their service is not satisfactory (95%), and not earning enough from the profession (60%).

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The present study was conducted during 2016-17 to assess the work stress perceived by field veterinary functionaries (Sub-Divisional Officers, Veterinary Surgeons and Veterinary Livestock Development Assistants) of Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Haryana (DAH&D). An ex-post facto research design was employed for the study.

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The study examines the problems of livestock farmers in accessing the livestock extension services of Animal Husbandry department of Jammu district of J & K state. The data was collected from 12 randomly selected villages in 4 blocks of Jammu district. 10 livestock farmers from each village and five Veterinary Assistant Surgeons (VASs) from each blocks selected making a total of 120 livestock farmers and 20 Veterinary Assistant Surgeons (VASs) i.e., field level functionaries of department of Animal Husbandry, Jammu.

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Livestock sector plays important role in Indian economy. The dairy industry can go a long way in augmenting the income of the farmers. The present paper focuses on the factors affecting farm income. The study was conducted in the two agroclimatic zones of Punjab state i.e. kandi and plain zone. From each zone two districts, one block from each district and further three villages from each block and fifteen farmers from each village were selected randomly. The data was collected with personal interview method. The annual income realized by farmers varied a lot in both the regions.

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The present study was conducted in Ludhiana district of Punjab to identify the constraints perceived by beneficiaries of livestock based Self Help Groups (SHGs). Data were collected using structured interview schedule from 120 women beneficiaries of the livestock based SHGs. Garrett’s ranking technique was used to prioritize the different sets of constraints in terms of their mean score. Findings of the study regarding constraints perceived by beneficiaries of livestock based Self Help Groups (SHGs) revealed that, “beneficiaries were not getting proper price of milk (63.

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The study was conducted in Junagadh and Porbandar districts of Gujarat to compare breeding, calf and health management practices opted by buffalo owners (n=300). Majority of farmers practiced natural service (59%), late heat for insemination (76.34%), pregnancy diagnosis (90%) and treatment of anoestrous/repeaters buffaloes (90.33%). Most of respondents attended calving and took care of calves after parturition (98%) and cleaned calves (93.67%). However, few farmers practiced ligation/ cutting and disinfection of navel cord (14.33%) and feeding colostrum to calf (33.33%).

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This collection was selected from papers presented at a conference titled “Veterinary Science, Disease and Livestock Economies,” which was organized by the editors and held at St Antony’s College, Oxford, in June 2005. The idea for the conference originated from our project, sponsored by the Wellcome Trust, which explored the history of veterinary science at the Onderstepoort Research Laboratories in South Africa during the first half of the twentieth century.

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With specific regard to large animal work, equine services now tend to be handled by specialists, and farm animal work is considered to be in decline, with the latter prompting particular concern. Indeed, significant changes to the farming sector (i.e. declining livestock populations, a reduction in the number/size of farm holdings, new legislation and a radical change in the relationship between government and veterinarians) mean that farm animal veterinary practices now face significant competitive and sustainability issues. ...

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