Vol. 9, Issue 1, Part L (2024)

Author(s): Rahul Saini, Gaurav Kumar Bansal, ML Gurjar, Poonam Saini, Namo Narayan Meena, Dev Kishan Gurjar, Ravta Ram, Abhishek Saini, Mamta Meel, Krishna Nand Bansal and Sujata Jinagal

Abstract: The current investigation has been performed in Rajasthan’s Alwar district. There were two tehsils Tijara and Rajgarh and 5 villages from every tehsil have been chosen at random. A total of 180 cow breeders were chosen for the study, with each town having eighteen cattle breeders. Chi-Square analysis was used to examine how herd size linked statistically with existing feeding and breeding management techniques and human resources’ role in cattle management procedures was recorded on a per cent basis. The study show that 93.33 percent follow practice of chaffing of dry fodder. Home prepared concentrate mixture was given by 63.89 per cent of the respondents in the study area. Out of total respondents, 70.00 percent respondents followed procedure of soaking for pre-treatment of concentrate mixture. Only 31.67 and 16.67 per cent of the respondents followed practice of fed common salt and mineral mixture, respectively. Preparation of silage was not practiced by all the cattle keepers. The result shows that concentrate mixture was fed to lactating cattle by 52.78 per cent of the respondents both at milking time and mixed with fodder. Out of total respondents, 88.89 percent of respondents fed concentrate to advance pregnant cattle. The results indicated that 37.78 percent of total respondents offer concentrate feed to young calf, while 55.55 percent fed concentrate mixture to heifers. The results indicated that 53.89 per cent respondents adopted natural service as breeding method while 46.11 percent of respondents had adopted artificial insemination as breeding method in the study area. The study shows that 78.33 percent respondents get their cattle inseminated/served at mid heat stage. The result shows that71.67 percent of the respondents was practiced pregnancy diagnosis of cattle. Practice of treatment of anoestrus by veterinarian was followed by 80.56 percent of the respondents.