State Of Dairy Cattle Rajasthan Report

Author(s): Federation of Indian Animal Protection Organisations
Publisher: Federation of Indian Animal Protection Organisations

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Take pictures and short videos of one minute each of conditions mentioned below. Pictures and videos must show the date and time of recording. If the camera does not have the date and time setting, use the newspaper of current date to show date in the same shot.
1. Any injuries, deformities, any sign of surgery, any sign of beating, weakness, or any symptoms of
illness. 2. Flooring in the dairies where animals are kept, it should not be "pakka "flooring. 3. The way animal is tied. Capture the length of rope with animal is chained. 4. Method of milking animal in video and the way rear leg are tied by rope. 5. Facilities where young calves are kept and document the health and condition of calf. 6. Injuries on animals like injuries due to constant chained position, wounds on legs due to
inappropriate flooring. 7. Cleanliness in that dairy, drainage system of dairy and garbage disposal. 8. Drinking water facility for animals in dairy, as in most places the water tank usually build at the
center or corner unfortunately far from reach of animals. They are released only at the time of
milking and that is the only time when drinking water is provided to them. 9. Food that is given to animal. Most of the time animals are fed with dry fodder which does not help
in any sort of nutrition. 10. Place where fodder and other medicines are kept-check if it is hygienic. 11. Types of medicines used regularly- usually they keep medicines like Oxytocin which is very
harmful for cattle.
Kindly consider following points while using this questionnare:
Use this questionnare as guiding tool while inspection, it's not necessary to follow the questionnare sequence wise. Remember the headers, as it will be helpful to cover all adequate data and minimize the possibilities to forget any crucial detail. Taking picture is one of the very crucial tasks and it would be strongly suggested that a day to practice the cattle photography will be really helpful. Asking help of professional photographer or media or photography students can be helpful. Keep the questionnare handy by the one who is taking picture, thus another person will be able to ensure that all details would be captured. Do not write observation during the time of inspection, as this may impact the inspection. Always write down the observation immediately after the inspection with the help of observation of another persona and photographs captured. It would be great help to ask crucial questions indirectly e.g. you can ask that how is the demand for milk?, to whom do you supply this milk?, As cattle do not produce milk throughout the year so what do you do in those months when cattle do not produce milk? - such questions will be helpful in deriving more information about the chemicals used to increase milk productivity.