International Journal of Pure & Applied Bioscience (IJPAB)
Year : 2017, Volume : 5, Issue : 6
First page : (524) Last page : (530)
Article doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2320-7051.5219
Milking Managemental Practices and Marketting of Milk in Rayalaseema Region of Andhra Pradesh
S. Sreedhar.1*, A. Nagarjuna Reddy1, P. Ramesh Babu2, B.V. Sudhakar3, G. Kamalakar4 and
V. Tejaswi5
1 Department of Livestock Production Management, College of Veterinary Science, Proddatur, Kadapa District, AP, India
2Department of Animal Nutrition, College of Veterinary Science, Proddatur, Kadapa District, AP, India
3Department of Poultry Science, College of Veterinary Science, Proddatur, Kadapa District, AP, India
4Department of Veterinary Surgery and Radiology, College of Veterinary Science, Proddatur, Kadapa District, AP, India
5Ph.D Scholar, Department of Veterinary Physiology, IVRI, Izathnagar, Uttar Pradesh, India
*Corresponding Author E-mail: sreedhar_svvu@yahoo.co.in
Received: 14.07.2017 | Revised: 26.08.2017 | Accepted: 3.09.2017
ABSTRACT
Dairy farming as an integral part of agriculture which provides sustainable income and reduces unemployment to a large number of rural poor. Hygienic milking plays a crucial role in profitable dairy enterprise. The present study was conducted in Kadapa district of Andhra Pradesh by collecting a data from 120 dairy farmers of different villages of three mandals. The study revealed that majority of the farmers preferred to milk their animals in the same place, where they were tethered. Most of the farmers did not wash the entire body of their animals (86.67%) and hind quarters (80.83%) before milking. Open mouth buckets were used by 98.33% of the farmers for milking the animals. All the milkers cleaned the udder and teats and washed their hands before milking. Clean water was used for cleaning milking pail to avoid high cost of the detergents. Female milkers were deployed and changed frequently to avoid habituation of milch animal. Calf is allowed for suckling twice and in case of death, farmers offered concentrate feed for massaging of teats. Hundred percent farmers practised wet hand milking twice a day at regular milking interval. Even though knuckling method is wrong, 78.34% of farmers have followed in the study area. Majority of the farmers have not practised complete milking, teat dipping in antiseptic lotion after milking and mastitis prevention measures. About 90% of the farmers practised teat sealing at the end of lactation and adopted intermittent milking method (92.5%) for drying of pregnant animals. Only 28.33% of the farmers have consumed milk for family consumption and the rest sold to consumers rather than corporative societies and government / non government organizations. Still there is a gap while implementing the scientific management practices is milking by the farmers. Hence suitable training programmes on improved milking management practices will help the farmers in clean milk production and increase the production performance of the dairy animal as well as generate more additional income to the farming community.
Key words: Milking management, Calf suckling, Washing of udder, Teat dipping, Milker.
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Cite this article: Sreedhar., S., Reddy, A.N., Babu, P.R., Sudhakar, B.V., Kamalakar, G. and Tejaswi, V., Milking Managemental Practices and Marketting of Milk in Rayalaseema Region of Andhra Pradesh, Int. J. Pure App. Biosci.5(6): 524-530 (2017). doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2320-7051.5219
