Buffalo calf health care management practices followed by the farmers in Namakkal districts of Tamil Nadu

Abstract

A field survey was conducted to assess the buffalo calf health care management practices followed by farmers in Namakkal District, Tamil Nadu. A random sample of 120 farmers participated in the study. All the farmers reported cleaning mucus from the nostrils of new-born calves and feeding colostrum within the first two hours of birth. The majority of farmers (98%) assisted weak calves in sucking colostrum, and 20% practiced regular deworming. However, the survey also highlighted constraints related to calf health care, noting that the majority of farmers did not provide any special feeding to buffalo calves.