Raisers Knowledge Level and Implementation of Beef Cattle Recommendation of Some Districts in Beheira Governorate

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Abstract

This study aims to determine respondent's knowledge level and implementation of beef cattle's recommendation, reasons motives to make them raise beef cattles, extension services they recieve and problems facing them in this domane.
Data were collected by interviewing guide using focus group discussions with  represent, respondents of each village of  6  villages were selected randomly they are El- shooka, and karakis, damanhour district, gezeiret, El-rahmania, and El-magd villages, rahmania distrect and gazair egsa and teba villages dalangat district, El-Behera governorate, during mars and april 2014 frequencies and percentages were used to present data.
The results of this study revealed that :
- The majority of respondents with high knowledge level (75% up to 100% of degress) concerning beef cattle characterstics, beef cattle desees, concent, rated feeds, beef cattle resources, feeding methods, diary, feeding Quality and animal stable characterstics.
- The majority of respondents with moderate knowledge level (50% up to 75% of degress) concerning feed supplements and technical practices must be excecute befor sailing .
- The majority of respondents with low knowledge level (less than 50% of degree) concerning veterinary practices protect animal of desease and vaccine .
- The majority of respondents with high implementation level (75% up to 100% of degree) concerning diary feeding quality, animal stable characteristics and veterinary practies protect animal of desease.
-The majority of respondents with moderate implementation level (50% up to 75% of degree) concerning sumer concentrated feeds, beef cattle bringing sources and cattle feeding method .
-The majority of respondents with low implementation level (less than 50% of degree) concerning feed supplements, technical must be excecute before sailing and vaccine.
- Results revealed that the major reasons, motives of respondents to raise beef cattle are work reasons, motives, environ mental motives, economic profits and social motives respectively.
- The results revealed that there is a shortage of extension services such as extension programs, extension maga zines and extension meetings.
- The results revealed that there are some problems facing 75% of  respondents such as : feed high press and shortage of milk exchanges, high cost of cattle insurance, the diffusion of animal desease, high press of veterinary medicines and its shortage in veterinary unites, shortage of extension veterinary specialists.