Housing and Health Care Management Practices Followed by Gir Cattle Owners for Conservation of Gir Cattle in Ajmer District of Rajasthan

The study was conducted in Ajmer district of Rajasthan, out of 10 tehsils of Ajmer district two tehsils i.e. Bhinay and Bijainagar were selected purposively. Further, four villages from each selected tehsil were identified. From each village 20 respondents were selected randomly. Thus, the entire sample consists of 160 respondents. The field survey was conducted to collect the first hand information on existing housing and health care management practices followed by Gir cattle owners in Ajmer district of Rajasthan.All the cattle keepers had kuccha floor in shed and 55 per cent kept their cattle inside dwelling house. About 64.37 per cent of the cattle owners used bedding material during winter season. About 68.13 % of the respondents had less ventilation provision in animal shed. Results indicated that 90.62 per cent of respondents vaccinate their animal against diseases. Majority 97.50 per cent controlled flies by smoke of waste grasses. Only 20.13 per cent of respondents practiced deworming measures. About 25 percent of the owners isolate the sick animals from healthy ones.