International Journal of Pure & Applied Bioscience (IJPAB)
Year : 2017, Volume : 5, Issue : 1
First page : (970) Last page : (979)
Article doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2320-7051.2616
A Study on Utilization of Services and Technical Information Delivered by Pet Practitioners
Sakshi, S., Satyanarayan, K., Jagadeeswary, V. and Shilpa Shree, J.*
Dept. of Veterinary & Animal Husbandry Ext. Education, Veterinary College, Bengluru
*Corresponding Author E-mail: shilpashreej23@gmail.com
Received: 20.02.2017 | Revised: 26.02.2017 | Accepted: 27.02.2017
ABSTRACT
Adopting ex-post facto research design, the present study was carried out to identify the services and technical information received from pet practitioners towards management of pet dogs and to identify the constraints faced by pet practitioners in delivering the services and technical information to pet owners. The study was conducted purposively in Bengaluru district of Karnataka with the sample size of 240 pet owners and 60 pet dog practitioners. The results revealed that cent percentage of the pet owners received information through personal verbal communication from pet practitioners and 73.85 per cent of the respondents availed pregnancy diagnosis. Blood analysis was availed by 60.42 per cent of the respondents among diagnostic services. Majority (76.67%) of the owners received vaccination and deworming among prophylactic services and cent per cent of the owners availed management advisory services from pet practitioners among health care services. Majority (81.25%) of the respondents availed information on type of food that should be offered to their dogs followed by advise on feeding of sick/ill dogs (73.75%), balanced feeding (67.08%) and feeding supplementary ration during different stages of dogs (47.50%). About 2.08 per cent of the pet owners availed information on type of housing that should be provided to their dogs but none of the respondents got advice on information regarding importance of ventilation and adequate light, proper drainage facility and cleanliness in kennels. Majority (55.42%) of the owners received information on sterilization of dogs regarding technical information on breeding management from pet practitioners. Further, majority of the respondents availed information about importance of regular vaccination (62.09%) and regular deworming (57.08%). Most of the pet practitioners expressed lack of drugs and diagnostic equipments for some diseases (81.66%) and absence of efficient diagnostic-laboratory support (81.66%) as the major constraints. So there is a need for pet owners to receive information from pet practitioners through various sources like bulletins, leaflets, magazines and webpage for more effective information. Training of the pet practitioners in preparation of the communication aids to give credible and authentic information regarding scientific dog rearing is the need of the hour.
Key words: Services, Technical, Dogs, Pet Practitioners.
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Cite this article: Sakshi, S., Satyanarayan, K., Jagadeeswary, V. and Shilpa, S.J., A Study on Utilization of Services and Technical Information Delivered by Pet Practitioners, Int. J. Pure App. Biosci.5(1): 970-979 (2017). doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2320-7051.2616
