Economic Losses due to Important Diseases of Dairy Bovines in Sabarkantha District of Gujarat

Surveillance on production loss due to major diseases in cattle and buffaloes of Sabarkantha District was carried out with total 184 livestock owners from 07 Talukas to work out their economic impact. A questionnaire was constructed to record the information of various disease occurrences, production losses and treatment cost of animals, including socio-economic and other characteristics of farmers. The morbidity rates of different diseases were determined. The findings revealed that the maximum respondents (85.32 %) had different level of school or college education and only 14.68 % responden... Mehr ...