Buffalo Calf Mortality and its Management Through Package of Practices (Drugs) Under Village Conditions

摘要

Infant calves of buffalo suffer heavy mortality due to various reasons viz. Microbial factors, Immunological factors, Calf factor, Nutritional factors, Environmental factors and Managemental factors. On the basis of the various causes of mortality observed in village conditions, a package of practice was developed and tested as On Farm Trial (OFT) to minimize the calf mortality in buffaloes. The study (OFT) was conducted in village Bastauli of Keilarus block of Morena district of Madhya Pradesh during July-August 2016. The study was conducted to assess the effectiveness of package of practice (1 st day NT zole ? bolus two times in a day, 2 nd day Cod liver oil capsule 1 daily-for 2 days, 3 rd day Albomar liquid solution 2 TSF followed by 30 ml liq. Paraffin after 6 hours and O2 tablet (ofloxacin+ orinidazole), 4 th day (A) Sulcoprim- 1 bolus- for 3 day, (B) Provisac ? -1 bolus-4 th day for 7 day, Repetition of 3 rd day drug-7 th day, 8 th -11 th day Vitamix Gold multivitamin 1 TSF-for 4 days, 12 th day Use of Butox as ectoparasiticide and from 13 th -30 th day Zymopet ? TSF daily) in minimizing the mortality of infant buffalo calves. The number of calves were 10 (recommended practice) treatment group and 10 untreated (farmer's practice) in the OFT. The mortality was nil and reduced to a magnitude of 100% in treatment group in comparison to farmers practice group where it was found to be 50%. The study showed effective reduction in mortality rate in recommended practice group calves.