Subject(s): cattle -- Economic Condition -- Importance of livestock, livestock development policy, livestock policy, research methodology -- Development of cross breeding technology in Kerala : programmes and polices for cattle breeding, cross breeding on breed composition of cattle population, milk production, work animals, composition of cattle population -- Structure of cattle holdings in Kerala : Ownership pattern of cattle, regional variation in the proportion of cattle holdings, size of cattle population, proportion of animals in milk,pregnancy rate, households according to cows in milk, type of cattle and type of land, breed type, cropping pattern and breed of cattle -- Feeding and labour use in cattle keeping -- Breeding and economic traits of Milch cattle : Current breeding practices, utilisation and effectiveness of AI facility and services, calf gearing practices, economic traits -- Milk production, utilisation and economic of milk production : price realisation, economic of milk production -- Cattle transformation of the households : Purchases during 1986 and 1987, purchase price, financing purchases, sales during 1986 and 1987, reasons for sale, disposal of calves -- Awareness, attitude and adoption of the households : Cattle keeping tradition, cross-breed animals, cows, feeding requirements, fooder cultivation, membership of cooperative societies, veterinary care, subsidy, quality of male calves and beef, intention of buy more animals, non cattle holdings, constraints for keeping animals