author(s)
Sonali S Jadhavar, RA Patil and SD Gadekar

abstract
To ascertain breeding and health cover practices followed by livestock owners in livestock fodder camps. Data regarding with breeding and health cover were collected from 160 livestock owners from Washi tehsil of Osmanabad district. It was observed in camp that fodder and concentrate provided to animal in equal quantities to large animals and equal quantities to small animals. Sugrass is a source of concentrates was common in all four camps. Sugarcane and maize was provided to animal as green fodder and Jowar kadbi as dry. All of the livestock owners in camp adopted stall feeding. A wide gap was noticed in feeding of concentrates i. e. -1.50 per cent gap (milking animals) at camp level. Majority i. e. 83.75 per cent of the livestock owners followed grazing + stall feeding at farm level. All the farmers i. e. 100.00 per cent livestock owner adopted individual feeding and in camp. It was observed that only 08.12 per cent of livestock owners provided extra salt to their milch animal. In camp during survey it was observed that in all camps there were free assess of water as per need of their animal. The findings of present study indicated that majority of livestock owner’s i. e. 100 per cent of livestock owners were aware about detection of animals in heat and was based on signs and symptoms. Majority of livestock owner’s i. e. 55.62 per cent used natural service at farm level and in camp 33.12 per cent livestock owners adopted A. I. service. The overall livestock owners in selected fodder camp did not kept breeding record. 100 per cent of livestock owners followed vaccination against FMD and HS and 78.12 per cent of livestock owners at farm level. In camp 100 per cent of livestock owners treated sick animal from veterinary doctor.