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Anand Agricultural University, Anand

Anand Agricultural University (AAU) was established in 2004 at Anand with the support of the Government of Gujarat, Act No.(Guj 5 of 2004) dated April 29, 2004. Caved out of the erstwhile Gujarat Agricultural University (GAU), the dream institution of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel and Dr. K. M. Munshi, the AAU was set up to provide support to the farming community in three facets namely education, research and extension activities in Agriculture, Horticulture Engineering, product Processing and Home Science. At present there seven Colleges, seventeen Research Centers and six Extension Education Institute working in nine districts of Gujarat namely Ahmedabad, Anand, Dahod, Kheda, Panchmahal, Vadodara, Mahisagar, Botad and Chhotaudepur AAU's activities have expanded to span newer commodity sectors such as soil health card, bio-diesel, medicinal plants apart from the mandatory ones like rice, maize, tobacco, vegetable crops, fruit crops, forage crops, animal breeding, nutrition and dairy products etc. the core of AAU's operating philosophy however, continues to create the partnership between the rural people and committed academic as the basic for sustainable rural development. In pursuing its various programmes AAU's overall mission is to promote sustainable growth and economic independence in rural society. AAU aims to do this through education, research and extension education. Thus, AAU works towards the empowerment of the farmers.

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    NUTRITIONAL EVALUATION OF TOTAL MIXED RATION COMPRISING OF PIGEON PEA (Cajanus cajan) STRAW IN CATTLE
    (ANIMAL NUTRITION RESEARCH DEPARTMENT COLLEGE OF VETERINARY SCIENCE AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY ANAND AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY ANAND, 2016) CHETAN SINGH; Dr. R. S. GUPTA
    An experiment was conducted for nutritional evaluation of arhar (pigeon pea) straw on twelve cattle. There were two treatments viz. T1 (control) having concentrate mixture (45%) + wheat straw (55%) and T2 (Treatment): concentrate mixture (30) + arhar straw (70). The growing cattle were fed as per ICAR (1998) feeding standards to meet their nutrient requirements in terms of DM, DCP and TDN.
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    NUTRITIONAL EVALUATION OF TOTAL MIXED RATION COMPRISING OF PIGEON PEA (Cajanus cajan) STRAW IN CATTLE
    (AAU, Anand, 2016) CHETAN SINGH; Dr. R. S. GUPTA
    An experiment was conducted for nutritional evaluation of arhar (pigeon pea) straw on twelve cattle. There were two treatments viz. T1 (control) having concentrate mixture (45%) + wheat straw (55%) and T2 (Treatment): concentrate mixture (30) + arhar straw (70). The growing cattle were fed as per ICAR (1998) feeding standards to meet their nutrient requirements in terms of DM, DCP and TDN. The data for DM intake kg/day/animal, kg/100 kg body weight and g/kg W0.75 were 3.88 and 4.05 (P<0.05); 2.58 and 2.62 (P>0.05) & 90.91 and 92.58 (P<0.05) for T1 (control) and T2 (treatment) group, respectively. Average daily CP, DCP and TDN intakes were 448.33 and 465.37 g; 278.45 and 310.98g and 2.10 and 2.21 kg in T1 and T2, respectively. The data for total and average daily weight gain were 15.83 and 19.42 kg and 452.38 and 554.76 g in T1 and T2 groups, respectively. The results revealed significant difference (P<0.05) between treatment and control group for daily CP intake and TDN intake as well as total and average daily weight gain. These data suggested that feeding of TMR with arhar straw had significant effect on feed and nutrients intake as well as growth. The results for rumen fermentation pattern revealed that SRL pH was lower in T1 (6.47) than T2 (6.66). However, the reverse trend was observed for TVFA contents (14.48 and 14.40mM/dl in T1 and T2, respectively) in both the groups. The treatment ii differences for pH and TVFA were non-significant (P>0.05). The average values of NH3-N, total-N and protein-N concentrations under T2 (13.24, 71.77 and 44.92 mg/dl, respectively) were higher as compared to T1 (11.68, 66.49 and 42.82 mg/dl, respectively). However, the difference between treatments for total-N (P<0.05) and NH3-N (P<0.01) were significant and for protein-N were non-significant. The values for digestibility coefficients of DM, OM, EE and CF were 55.88 and 57.63 %, 59.71 and 61.19 %, 68.48 and 69.08 %, 56.87 and 56.95 % (P>0.05) for T1 and T2, respectively. These data suggested that the digestibility was slightly higher in T2compared to T1. The digestibility of CP was 62.11 and 66.83 %, which was significantly higher (P<0.05) in T2 than T1. The respective data for digestibility of NFE, NDF and ADF were60.06 and 61.19%, 57.33 and 57.89 % & 45.24 and 47.21 % under T1 and T2and were statistically non-significant (P>0.05). The efficiency of feed utilization (DM intake per kg gain) was superior in T2 (7.22kg) in comparison to T1 (8.68 kg). The values for CP, DCP and TDN intake per kg weight gain were 0.99, 0.62 and 4.65 kg in control group (T1) and 0.84, 0.56 and 3.98 kg in treatment group (T2), respectively. The treatment differences for DM, CP and TDN intake per kg gain were found to be statistically significant (P<0.05). However, DCP intake was non-significant (P>0.05). The cattle fed TMR incorporated with arhar straw as a roughage source required 16.82% less DM, 15.15% less CP, 9.68% less DCP and 14.40% less TDN for per kg gain in weight in comparison to cattle fed control TMR (T1) and the treatment differences were significant (P<0.05). The daily cost of feeding was Rs 48.80 and 42.66, while cost of feeding (Rs/kg gain) was 108.27 and 76.94, respectively in T1 and T2 group. The daily cost of iii feeding (Rs/animal) and cost of feeding (Rs/kg gain) was lower in T2 (P<0.05) in comparison to T1.The daily feed cost was 14.39% less for cattle fed TMR incorporated with arhar straw as roughage source (T2) in comparison to cattle fed control TMR (T1).The daily feed cost Rs/kg gain was reduced by 40.72%in cattle fed arhar straw based TMR (T2) in comparison to cattle fed control TMR (T1). These findings suggested that cattle can be raised economically by feeding arhar straw based TMR with improvement in growth rate, better feed efficiency in terms of DM, CP, DCP and TDN required per kg gain with reduction in daily feed cost by 14.39% and feed cost Rs/kg gain by 40.72% in comparison to cattle fed control TMR (T1).
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    ThesisItemOpen Access
    NUTRITIONAL EVALUATION OF TOTAL MIXED RATION COMPRISING OF PIGEON PEA (Cajanus cajan) STRAW IN CATTLE
    (AAU, Anand, 2016) CHETAN SINGH; Dr. R. S. GUPTA
    An experiment was conducted for nutritional evaluation of arhar (pigeon pea) straw on twelve cattle. There were two treatments viz. T1 (control) having concentrate mixture (45%) + wheat straw (55%) and T2 (Treatment): concentrate mixture (30) + arhar straw (70). The growing cattle were fed as per ICAR (1998) feeding standards to meet their nutrient requirements in terms of DM, DCP and TDN. The data for DM intake kg/day/animal, kg/100 kg body weight and g/kg W0.75 were 3.88 and 4.05 (P<0.05); 2.58 and 2.62 (P>0.05) & 90.91 and 92.58 (P<0.05) for T1 (control) and T2 (treatment) group, respectively. Average daily CP, DCP and TDN intakes were 448.33 and 465.37 g; 278.45 and 310.98g and 2.10 and 2.21 kg in T1 and T2, respectively. The data for total and average daily weight gain were 15.83 and 19.42 kg and 452.38 and 554.76 g in T1 and T2 groups, respectively. The results revealed significant difference (P<0.05) between treatment and control group for daily CP intake and TDN intake as well as total and average daily weight gain. These data suggested that feeding of TMR with arhar straw had significant effect on feed and nutrients intake as well as growth. The results for rumen fermentation pattern revealed that SRL pH was lower in T1 (6.47) than T2 (6.66). However, the reverse trend was observed for TVFA contents (14.48 and 14.40mM/dl in T1 and T2, respectively) in both the groups. The treatment ii differences for pH and TVFA were non-significant (P>0.05). The average values of NH3-N, total-N and protein-N concentrations under T2 (13.24, 71.77 and 44.92 mg/dl, respectively) were higher as compared to T1 (11.68, 66.49 and 42.82 mg/dl, respectively). However, the difference between treatments for total-N (P<0.05) and NH3-N (P<0.01) were significant and for protein-N were non-significant. The values for digestibility coefficients of DM, OM, EE and CF were 55.88 and 57.63 %, 59.71 and 61.19 %, 68.48 and 69.08 %, 56.87 and 56.95 % (P>0.05) for T1 and T2, respectively. These data suggested that the digestibility was slightly higher in T2compared to T1. The digestibility of CP was 62.11 and 66.83 %, which was significantly higher (P<0.05) in T2 than T1. The respective data for digestibility of NFE, NDF and ADF were60.06 and 61.19%, 57.33 and 57.89 % & 45.24 and 47.21 % under T1 and T2and were statistically non-significant (P>0.05). The efficiency of feed utilization (DM intake per kg gain) was superior in T2 (7.22kg) in comparison to T1 (8.68 kg). The values for CP, DCP and TDN intake per kg weight gain were 0.99, 0.62 and 4.65 kg in control group (T1) and 0.84, 0.56 and 3.98 kg in treatment group (T2), respectively. The treatment differences for DM, CP and TDN intake per kg gain were found to be statistically significant (P<0.05). However, DCP intake was non-significant (P>0.05). The cattle fed TMR incorporated with arhar straw as a roughage source required 16.82% less DM, 15.15% less CP, 9.68% less DCP and 14.40% less TDN for per kg gain in weight in comparison to cattle fed control TMR (T1) and the treatment differences were significant (P<0.05). The daily cost of feeding was Rs 48.80 and 42.66, while cost of feeding (Rs/kg gain) was 108.27 and 76.94, respectively in T1 and T2 group. The daily cost of iii feeding (Rs/animal) and cost of feeding (Rs/kg gain) was lower in T2 (P<0.05) in comparison to T1.The daily feed cost was 14.39% less for cattle fed TMR incorporated with arhar straw as roughage source (T2) in comparison to cattle fed control TMR (T1).The daily feed cost Rs/kg gain was reduced by 40.72%in cattle fed arhar straw based TMR (T2) in comparison to cattle fed control TMR (T1). These findings suggested that cattle can be raised economically by feeding arhar straw based TMR with improvement in growth rate, better feed efficiency in terms of DM, CP, DCP and TDN required per kg gain with reduction in daily feed cost by 14.39% and feed cost Rs/kg gain by 40.72% in comparison to cattle fed control TMR (T1).