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 research was conducted to collect data on housing management practices prevalent in the Vindhya region of Madhya Pradesh. The researcher acquired the data personally through face-to-face interviews and analyzed them by frequency and percentage. The present study revealed that majority (73.44%) the respondents followed group housing system and 92.92% respondents followed the loose type of buffalo housing, while 7.08% of the respondents follow conventional type of housing. The majority of respondents (92.50%) followed single row and only 7.50% were housed their buffaloes in double row housing system, whereas 82.92% of houses were mud type of floor followed by 12.50% and 4.58% of respondents followed a pucca (cemented/concrete) type of floor respectively. The majority of respondents (91.67%) had thatched type roof followed by G.I. sheets roof, 6.25% and cemented, 2.08% roofs, respectively. Results also indicated that majority (92.92%) of respondents had satisfactory level of drainage in buffaloes shed, while 7.08% of the respondents had poor level of drainage. About 86.25% respondents followed the practice of cleaning buffalo shed while, 67.50% respondents had provision of shade from trees for their buffalo, while the rest, 32.50% did not provide their buffaloes a provision of shade from trees. It was also observed that 75.42% of respondents had provision of water trough in buffaloes shed, while 24.58% of respondents did not provision of water trough \and 50.83% of respondents had no sufficient light while, only 49.17% of respondents had sufficient light in shed.

DOI: 10.22271/veterinary.2023.v8.i5Sd.749