TRADITIONAL BREEDING PRACTICES ADOPTED BY PROFESSIONAL BREEDERS OF KANKREJ CATTLE IN BANASKANTHA DISTRICT OF NORTH GUJARAT STATE
Journal Title: International Journal of Agriculture Sciences - Year 2016, Vol 8, Issue 8
Abstract
A survey study was conducted to acquire the first hand information on traditional breeding practices adopted by professional breeders of Kankrej cattle in Banaskantha district of North Gujarat State. For the present investigation, five (5) talukas (Amirgadh, Bhabhar, Deesa, Deodar and Vav) of the District were selected purposively on the basis of density of population of the professional breeders. Six (6) villages were randomly selected from each taluka and accordingly five (5) respondents were randomly selected from each village. Therefore, the study sample consisted of 150 (N=150) professional breeders of Kankrej cattle. The data were collected by personal interview technique through a structural schedule. After measuring the level of constraints, the data was tabulated and interferences were drawn. It was observed that majority of professional breeders used bull for heat detection and natural services due to grazing practices. Half of the respondents did not have true type bull. Majority of professional breeders diagnosed pregnancy after 4 months by visually. Higher number of respondents detected heat by bellowing and vaginal discharge. Nonetheless, they had certain prejudice against artificial insemination. Conversely, they had good knowledge about indigenous techniques for anoestrus and repeat breeder cows and heifers.
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J. H. PATEL
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