BREEDING PRACTICES OF INDIGENOUS MILCH COWS UNDER DIFFERENT HERD STRUCTURE OF GAUSHALAS

The present investigation was carried out to study the "breeding practices of cattle in Gaushalas of Haryana". A total of 30 Gaushalas from 10 districts of Haryana were collected during the period started from April, 2017 to February, 2018 through interview using a structured questionnaire and by onsite observation. These 30 Gaushalas were divided into three categories based on total number of animals as small (100-500 animals), medium (501-1000 animals) and large (>1000 animals). Using a pretested interview schedule data were collected and analyzed on existing breeding practices followed at the selected Gaushalas. SPSS (SPSS version 22) was employed to analyze the data. The study revealed that the breeding practices of the small category Gaushalas was used as a majority (70.00%) of non selected bull followed by medium category Gaushalas (50.00%) and large category Gaushalas (10.00%), while majority (70.00%) of large category Gaushalas selected as a bull used for breeding purpose, followed by medium category Gaushalas (40.00%) and small category Gaushalas (30.00%). In case of large category Gaushalas 60.00 percent used AI followed by 30.00 percent medium category Gaushalas and 10.00 percent of small category Gaushalas used AI practice for breeding purpose. It could be concluded that the breeding practices were most common mating system was natural mating and AI also exist in small frequencies in large category Gaushalas compared to small and medium category Gaushalas