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Effect of feeding tree foliage on milk yield and composition of lactating goats on semi-arid rangeland

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Title Effect of feeding tree foliage on milk yield and composition of lactating goats on semi-arid rangeland
 
Creator BHATTA, RAGHAVENDRAN
SHINDE, A K
SANKHYAN, S K
VERMA, D
VAITHIYANATHAN, S
 
Subject Goats, Tree foliage, Rangeland
 
Description Lactating goats (30) of similar milk yield, number of lactation and days in lactation were divided into 2 equal groups. Both the groups were grazed on native range from 08: 00 to 17: 00 hr. First group (G1) was maintained on sole grazing, whereas second group (G2) was fed with tree foliage from Azadirachta indica, Prosopis cineraria and Bauhinia racemosa simultaneously while grazing in range. Dry matter (DM) intake of goat was lower (1364 g/day) in GI than G2 (1585 g/ day). Digestibility of all the major nutrients, except crude protein was significantly (P
 
Publisher Directorate of Knowledge Management in Agriculture
 
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Date 2014-01-31
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://epubs.icar.org.in/ejournal/index.php/IJAnS/article/view/37390
 
Source The Indian Journal of Animal Sciences; Vol 72, No 1 (2002)
0367-8318
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://epubs.icar.org.in/ejournal/index.php/IJAnS/article/view/37390/16741
 
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