tailieunhanh - Rearing pattern of Bannur sheep in its home tract

Bannur or Mandya sheep breed has been one of the most important and dominant indigenous breed of Karnataka. Bannur breed has been in limelight ever since its development and continues to be the only outstanding and the best Mutton breed of the State and Country. An exploratory research design was adopted to study the rearing pattern of Bannur sheep in its native tract and thus 200 respondents from Malavalli and Bannur villages were selected purposively for the study. The study revealed that all the farmers clean their sheep sheds regularly but do not apply any ecto-parasite solution while cleaning sheep sheds. Related to identification of animals, all the farmers identify their flock by marking with colors. Majority of the farmers posses closed type of housing usually house with mud walls and roof made up of cheaply available materials. Majority of the farmers prefer early and late hours of the day for grazing their flock during summer and depend on rivers as a source of drinking water for their flocks. Majority of the farmers graze their flocks for 6 to 7 hours a day. Majority of the farmers allowed the rams for first service at the age of 12-14 months and change their breeding rams regularly. | 2019 8 6 1416-1421 EXCELLENT PUBLISHERS International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences ISSN 2319-7706 Volume 8 Number 06 2019 Journal homepage http Original Research Article https Rearing Pattern of Bannur Sheep in its Home Tract . Dinakar K. Satynarayan V. Jagadeeswary M. Harisha and Anant Rao Desai Department of Veterinary and Animal Husbandry Extension Education Veterinary College Shivamogga-577204 Karnataka India Corresponding author ABSTRACT Keywords Rearing pattern Bannur sheep Constraints Sheep rearing Article Info Accepted 12 May 2019 Available Online 10 June 2019 Bannur or Mandya sheep breed has been one of the most important and dominant indigenous breed of Karnataka. Bannur breed has been in limelight ever since its development and continues to be the only outstanding and the best Mutton breed of the State and Country. An exploratory research design was adopted to study the rearing pattern of Bannur sheep in its native tract and thus 200 respondents from Malavalli and Bannur villages were selected purposively for the study. The study revealed that all the farmers clean their sheep sheds regularly but do not apply any ecto-parasite solution while cleaning sheep sheds. Related to identification of animals all the farmers identify their flock by marking with colors. Majority of the farmers posses closed type of housing usually house with mud walls and roof made up of cheaply available materials. Majority of the farmers prefer early and late hours of the day for grazing their flock during summer and depend on rivers as a source of drinking water for their flocks. Majority of the farmers graze their flocks for 6 to 7 hours a day. Majority of the farmers allowed the rams for first service at the age of 12-14 months and change their breeding rams regularly. Introduction Livestock sector plays a crucial role in sustainable contribution to rural development in

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• Rearing pattern
• Bannur sheep
• Sheep rearing
• Bannur sheep in its home tract
• Rearing pattern of Bannur sheep
• Respondents and eastern dry zone
• Eastern dry zone
• Adoption pattern of mulberry cultivation
• Mulberry cultivation
• Silkworm rearing
• Attappadi black
• Tribal community
• Goat farmers
• Socio economic status