A comprehensive study was conducted to screen the stovers of dual purpose sorghum cultivars in terms of chemical composition and in vitro gas production parameters and to determine the optimum stover to concentrate ratio for the best three sorghum cultivars. A growth trial of 120 days duration was conducted in 24 sheep (14.39±0.24 kg b.wt.) in order to evaluate thr...

Poultry Production Is The Fastest Growing Sector Of Indian Agriculture Having Long History Of Backyard Farming

Studies were undertaken to assess the chemical composition, presence of antinutritional factors and in-sacco degradability of Pennisetum spp. at various stages of maturity. Bajra (Pennisetum typhoides) cv PCB-141 was harvested at 30, 45, 30, 75 days after sowing (DAS) whereas Napier-bajra hybrid (Pennisetum purpureum x Pennisetum typhoides) cv PBN-233 was harvested...

Twenty four lactating crossbred cows with average milk yield of (14.09 kg/day) and average days in milk were of (53 days). These were divided in two groups of twelve animals each based on feeding practice i.e. 60:40 (RLC) and 50:50 (RHC). Twelve cows were divided into further two groups of six animals each, one receiving ration as TMR and the other as NON-TMR (cont...