Knowledge Level of Commercial Dairy Farmers About Scientific Dairy Farming Practices in Aravalli District of North Gujarat Patel N.K.1,*, Ashwar B.K.2, Modh V.R.1, Khanushiya A.F.1, Chaudhari J.D.3, Parmar K.N.4 1Dept. of Veterinary and Animal Husbandry Extension, Sardar Kushinagar Dantiwada Agriculture University, Sardar Kushinagar, Gujarat 2Polytechnic in Animal Husbandry, Sardar Kushinagar Dantiwada Agriculture University, Sardar Kushinagar, Gujarat 3Dept. of Animal Genetics and Breeding, Sardar Kushinagar Dantiwada Agriculture University, Sardar Kushinagar, Gujarat 4Dept. of Livestock Production Management, Sardar Kushinagar Dantiwada Agriculture University, Sardar Kushinagar, Gujarat *Email: nispat92@gmail.com
Online published on 2 January, 2017. Abstract Present investigation was undertaken in Aravalli District of north Gujarat to assess the knowledge level of the commercial dairy farmers with respect to the different component of scientific dairy farming practices by selecting four taluka i.e. Modasa, Malpur, Bayad and Dhansura purposively. Total fourty commercial dairy farmers selected by simple random sampling. The study reveals that majority of commercial dairy farmers had medium knowledge on different component of scientific dairy farming practices i.e. breeding, feeding, health care and management practices. The mean score of overall knowledge was 68.15 out of total score of 86 indicate that commercial dairy farmers possessed satisfactory level of knowledge about scientific dairy farming. Top Keywords Aravalli district, commercial dairy farming, knowledge, breeding, feeding, health care, management practices. Top |