Housing management practices prevailed among buffaloes owners in Vindhya region of Madhya Pradesh

Abstract

The present research was conducted to collect data on housing management practices prevalent in the Vindhya region of Madhya Pradesh. The researcher acquired the data personally through face-to-face interviews and analyzed them by frequency and percentage. The present study revealed that majority (73.44%) the respondents followed group housing system and 92.92% respondents followed the loose type of buffalo housing, while 7.08% of the respondents follow conventional type of housing. The majority of respondents (92.50%) followed single row and only 7.50% were housed their buffaloes in double row housing system, whereas 82.92% of houses were mud type of floor followed by 12.50% and 4.58% of respondents followed a pucca (cemented/concrete) type of floor respectively. The majority of respondents (91.67%) had thatched type roof followed by G.I. sheets roof, 6.25% and cemented, 2.08% roofs, respectively. Results also indicated that majority (92.92%) of respondents had satisfactory level of drainage in buffaloes shed, while 7.08% of the respondents had poor level of drainage. About 86.25% respondents followed the practice of cleaning buffalo shed while, 67.50% respondents had provision of shade from trees for their buffalo, while the rest, 32.50% did not provide their buffaloes a provision of shade from trees. It was also observed that 75.42% of respondents had provision of water trough in buffaloes shed, while 24.58% of respondents did not provision of water trough \and 50.83% of respondents had no sufficient light while, only 49.17% of respondents had sufficient light in shed.