STRAIN WISE INCLINATION OF FARMERS TO DEONI CATTLE IN BREEDING TRACK

P.V. JADHAV¹*, S.S. WAGHMARE², S.J. KOMATWAR³, L.S. KOKATE⁴, S.A. DHAWARE⁵, S.R. AVHAD^6
1College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Udgir, Latur, 413517, Maharashtra Animal and Fishery Sciences University, Nagpur, 440006, India
²College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Udgir, Latur, 413517, Maharashtra Animal and Fishery Sciences University, Nagpur, 440006, India
³College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Udgir, Latur, 413517, Maharashtra Animal and Fishery Sciences University, Nagpur, 440006, India
⁴College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Udgir, Latur, 413517, Maharashtra Animal and Fishery Sciences University, Nagpur, 440006, India
⁵College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Udgir, Latur, 413517, Maharashtra Animal and Fishery Sciences University, Nagpur, 440006, India
⁶College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Udgir, Latur, 413517, Maharashtra Animal and Fishery Sciences University, Nagpur, 440006, India
* Corresponding Author : drprajaktavet@gmail.com

Received : 01-05-2022     Accepted : 27-05-2022     Published : 30-05-2022
Volume : 14     Issue : 5       Pages : 11342 - 11345
Int J Agr Sci 14.5 (2022):11342-11345

Keywords : Deoni, Wannera, Shewera, Balankya, Albinism
Academic Editor : Dr Raj Kumar Yogi, Dr Abhijit K Barate
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Authors are thankful to College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Udgir, Latur, 413517, Maharashtra Animal and Fishery Sciences University, Nagpur, 440006, India
Author Contribution : All authors equally contributed

Deoni is a sturdy and valued dual purpose breed of Maharashtra, India. The breed demonstrates three strains viz., Balankya (pure white), Waghya also called Shewera (white and black Spots on the body) and Wannera (animals with complete white Body and black face). Social media and available non- scientific literature highlights Wannera strain as Deoni. With this hypothesis, present study was planned to know the inclination of farmers to the strains of Deoni. Data were collected from the breeding tract from a perid of 2016-2019. Results revealted that amongst the three varieties, Wanner and Shewera (46.29% and 49% respectively) were in approximately same number but Balankya strain animals were only 4.71% advocating urgent steps for conservation of strain. 54% farmers reported that the bull used for NS belonged to Wannera strain. It was also seen that 62% farmers showed specific inclination towards Wannera. With this trend of strain selective breeding of Deoni, there might be threat to genetic biodiversity

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