Perceived sustainability of health technologies by goat farmers in different agro-climatic zones of Bihar

The perceived sustainability of goat health technologies was assessed in three different agro-climatic zones in Bihar, India, by selecting two districts from each zone, with a sample of 240 respondents (80 respondents from each agro-climatic zone). The results indicated that the majority of the overall respondents (47.50%) had medium level of perceived sustainability score (27.45–41.26) for use of vaccine technology. About 74% overall farmers had medium level of perceived sustainability score (35.49–41.26) for the use of internal parasitic remedies (deworming) technology, while in the case of use of external parasitic remedies technology about 70% farmers had medium level of perceived sustainability score (38.98–44.03), whereas overall 63% respondents had medium level of perceived sustainability score (36.73–41.97) for use of disinfectant technology. Veterinarian's services as a health technology had medium level of perceived sustainability score (31.05–35.37) by the majority of the overall respondents (6...