ASSESSMENT OF SOME FACTORS AFFECTING THE PREVALENCE OF FOOT-AND-MOUTH-DISEASE AMONG TRADITIONALLY MANAGED ANIMAL POPULATION OF PUNJAB STATE- SOCIOECONOMIC AND ANIMAL HEALTH RELATED INTERESTS

Authors
SAINI SS SHARMA JK KWATRA MS
Citation
Ss. Saini et al., ASSESSMENT OF SOME FACTORS AFFECTING THE PREVALENCE OF FOOT-AND-MOUTH-DISEASE AMONG TRADITIONALLY MANAGED ANIMAL POPULATION OF PUNJAB STATE- SOCIOECONOMIC AND ANIMAL HEALTH RELATED INTERESTS, Indian Journal of Animal Sciences, 62(1), 1992, pp. 1-4
Citations number
NO
Journal title
Indian Journal of Animal Sciences → ACNP
ISSN journal
03678318
Volume
62
Issue
1
Year of publication
1992
Pages
1 - 4
Database
ISI
SICI code
0367-8318(1992)62:1<1:AOSFAT>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
The socio-economic factors and interests in animal-related practices w ere analysed in relation to occurrence of FMD in 37 villages of Punjab State with 20 131 bovine and 673 ovine population during 1989. Twenty outbreaks of FMD, involving 'O' type virus were recorded in 9 village s only. A significant proportion of farmers in FMD-free villages was b etter educated and hence followed latest veterinary and animal husband ry practices, whereas a significant proportion of farmers in FMD-posit ive villages being illiterate was ignorant about the above practices.