THE LEVEL OF KNOWLEDGE OF SHEEP FARMERS IN THE DISTRICT OF NUMANIYA/ WASIT PROVINCE OF THE USE OF MODERN TECHNOLOGIES TO DIAGNOSE AND TREATMENT OF DISEASES THAT MAY FACE THE SHEEP AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO INDEPENDENT VARIABLES

The research aim is to determine the level of knowledge of sheep farmers in Numaniya district / Wasit province to the use of modern technologies of husbandry , diagnose and treatment of diseases that may face the sheep and to identify the Independent variables and relationship to the level of knowledge. The enquiry depended on a personal interview to collect research information. research community has included all farmers who are practicing sheep rearing as total sum of (150), stratified sample of 20% of the research community as the total sample size of 30 farmers. a variety of statistical methods were used, including (percentages, mean, standard deviation, coefficient of simple correlation Pearson) to analyze the data. The results of the study shown the weak tend to medium level of knowledge is in ways of modern husbandry and the use of modern techniques in the diagnosis and treatment of disease, as the average of the study (10.83), and a standard deviation (2.76) shows that the vast majority of respondents (46.67%) fall within the first category (low). With regard to the relationship between the level of knowledge and Independent variables of farmers the study also demonstrated, there is a positive correlation between the level of knowledge in ways that modern husbandry and all of the present variables at the level of probability (0.05), which is (the number of family members, social status, participation in specialized training courses , the number of sheep owned by the farmer) . so the study recommended the increase of the guiding role through extension specialist in the field of animal resources and to create a suitable warehouse for feeds to address the shortage that could occur during the culture period, also the work on activating the role of specialized associations, which in turn is providing all the requirements modern husbandry, and work on the establishment of veterinary clinics for the purpose of controlling diseases that may infect herds, and work to preserve the new breeds of sheep and try to improve them, as well as a closer relationship between research institutes and departments of agriculture and farmers for the purpose of addressing the problems and the delivery of new technologies.