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EVALUATION OF CONVENTIONAL AND COMPLETE FEED (MESH) FEEDING SYSTEMS IN STALL FED GOATS

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Title EVALUATION OF CONVENTIONAL AND COMPLETE FEED (MESH) FEEDING SYSTEMS IN STALL FED GOATS
 
Creator PADMA MEEL
 
Contributor Basant Bais
 
Subject livestock, biological phenomena, agreements, crop residues, concentrates, nutrients, research methods, drying, productivity, dry matter
 
Description To study the comparative evaluation of conventional and complete feed feeding system an experiment was conducted by taking 16 Marwari goats of same age (8 - 10 months) and uniform conformation in a randomized block design. The concentrate mixture of 20.90 percent CP was formulated on dry matter basis using ingredients barley 35 parts, wheat bran 20 parts, cotton seed cake 30 parts, guar churi 13 parts, mineral mixture 1 part and salt 1 part. In T1 chopped groundnut straw (Arachis hypogia) and concentrate mixture were offered separately, whereas in T2 groundnut straw and concentrate mixture were mixed in 60 : 40 ratio and were given in mixed form.
The nutritive evaluation were made by determination of dry matter intake, digestibility coefficient of dry matter and gross nutrients, balances of nitrogen and minerals, practical nutritional worth, body weight gain, feed efficiency and body measurements and lastly economics of the two feeding systems were worked out.
Significant effect of treatment were observed on dry matter intake, digestibility coefficient of DM, CP, nitrogen retention, body weight gain, body length, height and heart girth. Whereas effect on digestibility of EE, CF, NFE, balance of calcium and phosphorus and feed efficiency were statically non significant. The results obtained from the comparative study of two feeding system suggest that blending of concentrate and roughage was beneficial rather than feeding them separately and that complete feeds provide uniform supply of nutrients at regular intervals which helps to improve physical conformation and maintain better digestibility of nutrients.
The cost of feed per kg weight gain was higher on conventional system than complete feed system indicating that complete feed system is economical than conventional feed feeding system under intensive system of management and that complete feed system can become a feasible and economical proposition for goat production.
Rajasthan University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Bikaner - 334001
 
Date 2017-01-27T14:50:28Z
2017-01-27T14:50:28Z
2010
 
Type Thesis
 
Identifier http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/97605
 
Language en
 
Format application/pdf
 
Publisher Rajasthan University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Bikaner - 334001