Vol. 12, Issue 4 (2023)

Author(s):
Barasara BR, Hansmeet Kour, Naliyapara HB and Vaidya AC

Abstract:
Equines serve in a variety of agricultural practices such as ploughing, in local transportation and even in biomedical endeavours. For short, rough and difficult terrains, pack animals are still more cost-effective for hauling goods and moving people and materials in comparison to the mechanical transportation. The investigation was carried out in all district of middle Gujarat which fall under judication of Anand Agricultural University. All districts of middle Gujarat which fall under judication of Anand Agricultural University were selected for research, followed as per census data 2012. Number of samples from each district was selected to the proportion to population of each district. Horse owners were randomly selected from each district. Total respondent size was 150. It was found that majority of horse owner ere follow the scientific horse rearing practices.