CONSTRAINTS FACED BY TRIBAL LIVESTOCK OWNERS IN ADOPTING VACCINATION IN RUMINANTS

P.C. PATEL¹*, J.B. PATEL²*, A.P. NINAMA^3
1Department of Horticulture, B A College of Agriculture, Anand Agricultural University, Anand- 388110, Gujarat, India
²Department of Extension Education, B A College of Agriculture, Anand Agricultural University, Anand-388110, Gujarat, India
³Department of Extension Education, B A College of Agriculture, Anand Agricultural University, Anand-388110, Gujarat, India
* Corresponding Author : pcpatel@aau.in

Received : 09-04-2016     Accepted : 16-04-2016     Published : 28-06-2016
Volume : 8     Issue : 22       Pages : 1410 - 1413
Int J Agr Sci 8.22 (2016):1410-1413

Keywords : Tribal livestock owners, vaccination in ruminants, Constraints, Suggestions
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : None declared
Author Contribution : None declared

Present study was conducted during 2014-2015 to access the constraints faced by the tribal livestock owners in adopting vaccination in ruminants in two selected Talukas of Dahod district of Gujarat State. Randomly five villages from two selected Talukas of Dahod district were selected, where fairly good number of livestock owners having good herd size and had higher milk production capacity. After selecting villages, randomly 12 livestock owners were selected from each village. Thus, total sample size for this research study was 60 livestock owners. The study makes a light that the major constraints faced by the tribal livestock owners in adopting vaccination in ruminants were lack of knowledge about improved animal vaccination practices, inadequate knowledge of vaccination schedule and inadequate knowledge of disease for which vaccination is adopted . Whereas the major suggestions as endorsed by the livestock owner were: timely availability of vaccines at village/cluster level, provisions should be made for regular training to livestock owners and proper village wise/cluster wise paraveterians should be made available.