Milk fever, a metabolic disease, affects dairy animals usually within one or two days after calving, resulting in a huge reduction in milk production and thus becomes economically most important. This study, conducted in five milkshed districts of Tamil Nadu, has estimated the economic losses...

A study was undertaken in southern peninsular State of India, the Tamil Nadu State, to assess the farmers' 'Willingness To Pay' (WTP) for annual health care services in small ruminants. The districts of the State were categorized as 'Livestock Developed' (LD) and 'Livestock Under Developed'...

A study was undertaken in Tamil Nadu State of India to assess the farmers' 'Willingness To Pay' (WTP) for bovine breeding services. The districts of the State were categorized as 'Livestock Developed' (LD) and 'Livestock Under Developed' (LUD) based on initial base line developed. Contingent...

This study has been conducted to optimize farm plans in different farming systems in Orathanadu block of the Thanjavur district in Tamil Nadu by randomly selecting 150 livestock farmers from 6 villages. A linear programming (LP) model has been developed to arrive at the optimal farm plans for...