Volume: 53 Issue: 3
Year: 2022, Page: 340-347, Doi: https://doi.org/10.51966/jvas.2022.53.3.340-347
Received: Sept. 23, 2021 Accepted: Jan. 20, 2022 Published: Sept. 30, 2022
The present study aimed to know the effectiveness of livestock services delivered by the veterinarians working under state regional cooperative milk producers’ union (SRCMPU) and farmers views on these services. An ex-post-facto research design was adopted for the study. A total of fifteen veterinarians working under SRCMPU, Kerala, and thirty livestock farmers dependent on SRCMPU for the livestock services were selected.Data collection was done through using structured interview schedule method. The result from the study revealed that majority of the veterinarians and livestock farmers perceived curative services (60.00% and 46.66%), production services (53.33% and 63.33%), preventive services (53.34% and 56.66%), extension services (60.00% and 50.00%) and miscellaneous services (60.00% and 60.00%) as average. About satisfaction level, majority of the livestock farmers had medium level of satisfaction towards curative services (66.66%), production services (43.33%), preventive services (60.00%), extension services (50.00%) and miscellaneous services (60.00%). It is concluded from the result that there is need to improve the quality of livestock services from both veterinarians and farmers point of view. It is the need of hour to analyze and interpret the current scenario of service delivery systems of state regional cooperative milk producers’ union through assessing the constraints perceived by them in livestock service delivery
Keywords: Effectiveness, livestock farmers, livestock services, veterinarians
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Hosure, S., Rajeev, T.S., Jiji, R.S., George, P.R., Prasad, A. and Gleeja, V.L. 2022. Effectiveness of livestock delivery services of dairy cooperatives of Kerala State. J. Vet. Anim. Sci. 53(3): 340-347
DOI: https://doi.org/10.51966/jvas.2022.53.3.340-347