BUFFALO HOUSING MANAGEMENT PRACTICES ADOPTED IN WESTERN HARYANA

VIKAS GODARA¹, HARISH KUMAR GULATI², NARENDER SINGH³*, SUSHIL KUMAR⁴, ROBIN^5
1Department of Livestock Production Management, Lala Lajpat Rai University of Veterinary & Animal Sciences, Hisar, 125001 Haryana
²Department of Livestock Production Management, Lala Lajpat Rai University of Veterinary & Animal Sciences, Hisar, 125001 Haryana
³Department of Livestock Production Management, Lala Lajpat Rai University of Veterinary & Animal Sciences, Hisar, 125001 Haryana
⁴Department of Animal Nutrition, Lala Lajpat Rai University of Veterinary & Animal Sciences, Hisar, 125001 Haryana
⁵Department of Veterinary Pharmacology and Toxicology, Lala Lajpat Rai University of Veterinary & Animal Sciences, Hisar, 125001 Haryana
* Corresponding Author : singhnarender32vet@gmail.com

Received : 08-03-2018     Accepted : 11-03-2018     Published : 15-03-2018
Volume : 10     Issue : 5       Pages : 5332 - 5334
Int J Agr Sci 10.5 (2018):5332-5334

Keywords : Western Haryana, Buffalo, Housing, Management.
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Author thankful to Department of Livestock Production Management, Lala Lajpat Rai University of Veterinary & Animal Sciences, Hisar, 125001 Haryana
Author Contribution : All author equally contributed

The present investigation was conducted in Western Haryana. Two districts Bhiwani, Sirsa were selected randomly from that region and further two tehsil were selected from each district and two villages from each tehsil were selected randomly. Twenty five buffalo rearers from each of village were selected thus making a sample of 200 buffalo rearers. The study revealed that most of buffaloes are reared in conventional housing. Near about half of buffalo keepers had kuccha floor without slope in shed and46.50 per cent kept their buffalo inside dwelling house. Asbestos and slope roof was mostly observed in study area. Only 20.00 per cent of buffalo keepers used bedding material during winter season. Most of respondents need of training to improve animal husbandry practices.

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