Vol. 8, Special Issue 5 (2023)

Author(s): Sumat Kumar Shakya, Nawal Singh Rawat, Anjani Kumar Mishra, Rajeev Ranjan, Suman Sant and Karishma Kakotiya

Abstract: The present study was designed to acquire information about the existing breeding management practices adopted by buffalo owners in Vindhya region of Madhya Pradesh. The data were collected manually through face-to-face interviews, and then analyzed using frequency and percentage analysis. In the current investigation about 67.92% of the respondents preferred the artificial insemination technique for their buffaloes, whereas only 32.08% of respondents in the current study used the natural service of breeding method. It was observed that majority (75.00%) of the respondents told that A.I. service for dairy buffaloes available in his willing whereas 25.00% of the respondents did not get A.I. service in his/her willing in the study area. It was also found that 57.08% of the respondents were dependent on the veterinary hospital for A.I., whereas 42.92% of the respondents dependent on other for A.I. About 59.16% of respondents had adopted single insemination per successful conception, whereas 24.58% and 16.25% of the respondents adopted more than two and two insemination per successful conception, respectively. Perusal of data revealed that only 29.17% respondents possessed the knowledge of time of insemination between 60 to 90 days whereas, 70.83% respondents had breeding of dairy buffaloes >90 days after calving. About 40.00% of respondents allowed their female buffalo for breeding through A.I. or N.S. at mid heat period and only 36.25 and 23.75% respondents allowed their buffaloes at late and early heat period, respectively. Majority respondents (59.58%) dependent on qualified veterinarian followed by 23.33% and 17.08% dependent on own judgments and A.I. workers, respectively and 74.58% of respondents did not taken any help from veterinarian during parturition, whereas only 25.41% of the respondents had taken help from veterinarian during parturition.

DOI: 10.22271/veterinary.2023.v8.i5Sd.747