Vol. 11, Special Issue 8 (2022)

Author(s):
Subhransu Mohan Nanda, Pitambar Swain, Bhabesh Chandra Das, Kumari Shweta, Susant Kumar Dash and Sudesh Kanungo

Abstract:
The present research was conducted among 120 field veterinarians from six coastal districts of Odisha namely Ganjam, Puri, Kendrapara, Jagatsinghpur, Bhadrak and Balasore. It was observed that 81.67 per cent of the respondent veterinarians were male as against 18.33 per cent female, 59.2 per cent belong to middle age group (36-50 years) followed by 27.5 per cent young age group (up to 35 years). An android app on dairy husbandry “DAIRY UTKAL” was developed and the respondent veterinarians were asked to refer the app. After two months, the constraints in using the app were studied. It was found that majority of the veterinarians (85.5%) agreed that the information contained in the app can be a supplement to the existing knowledge. As a whole 91.4 per cent of the respondent veterinarians agreed that the app was technically accurate, in line with the experts and there was no discrepancy in the message. The qualification and experience of the veterinarians may be used properly in the field conditions by providing adequate infrastructure.