Constraints in the Adoption of Ethnoveterinary Practices for Dairy Cattle Disease Management in the Villupuram District of Tamilnadu

Animal Husbandry

Health care management of the domesticated animals through traditional practices has a long ancient tradition in India. Due to ongoing modernization, this traditional knowledge on health care of domesticated animals is rapidly being lost from the traditional societies. Hence, this study was planned to identify the present constraints faced by the rural livestock farmers in the adoption of ethno-veterinary practices for dairy cattle disease management. Villupuram District of Tamil Nadu was randomly selected for the present study. Multistage random sampling technique was used to select the respondents. Data was collected by a well structured questionnaire from individual farmers. Garrett’s ranking technique was used to give ranking for the constraints. Unavailability of ready made herbal preparations was the most important constraint reported by the livestock farmers in the adoption of ethnoveterinary solutions for dairy cow disease management.Lack of raw materials/herbal plants especially seasonal herbs was ranked second important constraint. Slow effect of herbal medicines, preparation of recipe time consuming, lack of awareness of medicinal value of plants, lack of traditional remedies for newly emerging diseases, dearth of availability of documentation of the traditional system were some of the other constraints ranked by the livestock farmers.

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