Effect of literacy and type of concentrate on peak milk yield in dairy animals
Ajay Singh Godara and Ankit Magotra
A baseline survey was conducted on randomly selected 120 dairy farmers of district Hoshiarpur. The objective was to study the effect of farmer’s literacy and type of concentrate on Buffalo peak milk yield (BPY) & Cow peak milk yield (CPY). Structured questionnaires through interviews were used for data collection. In the present study adoption was measured by collecting all relevant information related to recommended dairy farming practices by the scientist of Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Ludhiana. In present study, least square model was used to analyse the effect of literacy and type of concentrate feeding on BPY & CPY at farmer’s herd. Based on education qualification, farmers were divided into three groups i.e. up to 5th (group 1), up to 10th (group 2) and graduate level (group 3) and three types of concentrates were compared i.e. homemade (group 1), branded (group 2) and mixed (group 3). The farmer’s literacy revealed significant difference (P< 0.05) w.r.t. CPY. The animals of third group farmers revealed highest cow peak milk yield (11.455) compared to group 1st& 2nd. Whereas, farmer’s literacy did not reveal any significant difference in buffalo peak milk yield. Similarly, type of concentrate revealed significant effect (P< 0.05) on CPY. The 2nd and 3rd group revealed high cow peak milk yield (12.333 & 10.617)) respectively, compared to 1st group. Whereas, type of concentrate did not revealed significant effect on buffalo peak milk yield.
Ajay Singh Godara, Ankit Magotra. Effect of literacy and type of concentrate on peak milk yield in dairy animals. J Entomol Zool Stud 2020;8(5):1795-1797.