1Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Banasthali Vidyapith (Rajasthan)-304 022, India.
2Department of Dairy Science and Technology, Janta Vedic College, Baraut-250 611, India.
3Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Anta (Baran).
The study on status of housing and health care practices followed by the dairy owners in Rajasthan was conducted in Tonk and Jhunjhunu districts. 720 respondents constituted the total sample size, equally divided in both the districts. It was observed that majority of the respondents had one side open shed (48.75%), kept their animals near dwelling (45%), had katcha floor (100%), pucca wall (47.36%), thatched roof (57.5%), no slope in floor (70.83%), wooden manger (43.75%), used no bedding material during winter (100%), disposed manure as such (64.44%), depended on ponds and wells as a source of drinking water (73.61%) and had no provision of water trough in shed (85.41%). In respect of health care practices, majority of the respondents approached veterinarian for treatment of their sick animals (53%), frequently availed veterinary facilities (53%), resorted to vaccination against Hemorrhage septicemia (46%), followed smoking for control of flies and mosquitoes (46%), controlled ecto-parasites manually supplemented with insecticides (43%) and disposed carcass (51%). However, only very few respondents followed deworming of adult animals, isolated sick animals and got vaccination against FMD to the tune of only 8.8, 2.2 and 1.5 per cent, respectively in the study area.
