Vol. 7, Issue 5 (2019)
Feeding and housing practices followed for livestock fodder camps during drought in Washi tahsil of Osmanabad district
Author(s): Sonali S Jadhavar, RA Patil and SD Gadekar
Abstract: The present study was conducted purposively in Washi tahasil of Osmanabad district of Marathwada Region of Maharashtra to ascertain the feeding and housing followed by livestock owners in livestock fodder camps. The study was conducted during December, 2015 to June 2016 and data were collected from randomly selected 160 livestock owners through personal interview with the help of pre structured schedule from four villages selected at random. The present study revealed that majority (91.87%) of the livestock owners fed to their animals readymade concentrates feed followed by readymade+ homemade (08.12%) in the livestock fodder camps. Whereas 100 per cent of the livestock owners followed stall feeding in livestock fodder camps during drought. All the livestock owners (100.00%) adopted individual feeding system to their animals in livestock fodder camp during drought. In camps there is a provision of green fodder so the cultivation of green fodder was not followed. Only 5.00 per cent of the livestock owners provided extra salt to their milch animals in camps while remaining 95.00 per cent did not provide extra salt to their milch animals. In camps 100 per cent of the livestock owners provided kutcha type of housing. In camps all the livestock owners placed the animal inside the shed. All 100.00 per cent of the livestock owners had clean animal in the houses and light in the livestock fodder camps. It was observed that 08.12 per cent of the livestock owners provided wooden assisted type of manger to their animals while 85.62 per cent of the livestock owners didn’t provide any type of manger to their animals in the livestock fodder camps.
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Sonali S Jadhavar, RA Patil, SD Gadekar. Feeding and housing practices followed for livestock fodder camps during drought in Washi tahsil of Osmanabad district. Int J Chem Stud 2019;7(5):1870-1872.
