Vol. 11, Special Issue 9 (2022)

Author(s):
Gurunath Pasare, Prashant G Waghmare, Vivek M Patil, Satish Chandra Biradar, Prakashkumar Rathod and Shrikant Dodamani

Abstract:
Present study was conducted to document the management practices of indigenous cattle adopted by the farmers in Bidar district of Karnataka. A total of 150 respondents were selected randomly from fifteen villages of Bidar district. The information regarding existing breeding practices, housing system and health care aspects were collected using semi-structured interview schedule under field conditions. Majority of the farmers prefer natural breeding practices over artificial insemination, along with this indiscriminate mating of cows was dominated over planned mating with pedigree bull. Majority of them followed indigenous methods for heat and pregnancy diagnosis. In health aspects farmers expressed their inability to access to veterinary services and predominantly depended on local healers and traditional/ethno veterinary practices. This shows that majority of the farmers practicing more traditional way of rearing and there is a great potential to improve the indigenous cattle through adoption of scientific dairying practices to generate more income and livelihood security.