Abstract
The periparturient diseases of the dairy cow are a manifestation of the cow's inability to cope with the metabolic demands of high production and they continue to be a cause of economic loss to the dairy industry and an animal welfare concern. The present study was conducted in 4 talukas of Anand district of Gujarat. Total 20 villages were selected from each taluka and 10 dairy farmers were selected randomly from each village for the study. Data were collected through pre-structured interview schedule. The overall knowledge of dairy farmers about periparturient diseases was found 72.91 per cent. Chronologically, knowledge of individual periparturient diseases was the observed highest in Prolapsed (90.66 per cent) followed by Downer's cow syndrome (90.37 per cent). Nearly two-third (66.0 per cent) of the dairy farmers had high level of knowledge about periparturient diseases All twelve independent variables showed a positive and highly significant relationship with the dairy farmers' knowledge concerning periparturient diseases.
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