Present Status of Goat Rearing Under Rural Conditions

The study was conducted in five adopted villages namely, Bhai, Pingari, Gadaya, Jhandipur and Sanora of Block-Farah, Distt. Mathura, U.P. The goat population was observed to be second largest livestock population in the adopted villages and found to be 1435, goats followed by desi cow (971 nos.) and lowest population was observed in case of sheep (614 nos.). In all the five adopted villages, there were 1639 farm families. Out of this, 306 families were rearing goats. On an average, the number of goats per household was 4.69 goats. Berseem, guar, lobia, pea, arhar, bajra, sorghum, oat, doob grass, motha, bathua, wheat straw, barley straw, bajra stover, sorghum stover, deshi babool, neem, pipal, bargad, siris, subabool and ber were major available legume and non- legume green and dry fodder and fodder trees for goats in adopted villages. The maximum number of goats (30.93%) in adopted villages was affected by the PPR followed by diarrhoea (29.30%), pneumonia (11.86%), lice (11.40%), FMD (8.60%), tympany (3.72%), anorexia (1.63%), conjunctivitis (1.40%), oedematous swelling (0.70%), mange (0.23%) and mastitis (0.23%).