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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Livestock Census: cattle population in Odisha declines

Livestock Census: cattle population in Odisha declines

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published Published on Sep 12, 2014   modified Modified on Sep 12, 2014
-The Hindu

Bhubaneswar: Odisha has witnessed a 5.59 per cent decline in the total cattle population, according to the 19th Livestock Census19th Livestock Census.

Odisha constitutes 6.09 per cent of the total cattle population in the country and it has declined by 5.59 per cent during the inter-Census period from 2007 to 2012, the report says.

According to the report, the indigenous cattle population has decreased by 2.7 per cent in addition to a 39 per cent decline in buffalo population during the same period.

"While exotic and crossbred cattle decreased from 1.7 million to 1.3 million, showing a decrease of 23 per cent, there has been an increase of 19 per cent in the female cross-bred animals in the State," report says.

According to the latest census, the indigenous cattle decreased from 1.06 crore to 1.03 crore, with the number of female buffaloes falling from 5.89 lakh to 3.91 lakh, down by 33 per cent in the 2007 census.

Similarly, the total bovine population (cattle and buffalo) has declined by 8.5 per cent standing at 1.2 crore in 2012 against 1.35 crore in 2007. The goat and sheep population, too, registered a negative growth of 8.61 per cent and 13.04 per cent respectively in the previous census.

"The population of poultry bird accounts for 2.73 per cent of the country's population and it has marginally declined by 3.4 per cent and swine population has also declined by 54.17 per cent over the last census, 2007," the report says.

For the first time, the livestock census has information about stray cattle and stray dogs. It is observed that 11.3 lakh stray cattle are available out of which, 98 per cent are in rural areas. Nearly 20 per cent of the stray dogs numbering about 1.8 lakh are available in urban areas.

The number of cattle, buffalo, sheep and goat per thousand households in rural areas is 1152, 71, 158 and 648, respectively, as against 241, 19, 20, 115 in urban areas. This reveals that livestock farming is mostly rural based.


The Hindu, 11 September, 2014, http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/livestock-census-cattle-population-in-odisha-declines/article6400922.ece


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