EVALUATION OF EXTRUDED FINGER MILLET STRAW BASED COMPLETE DIET IN LACTATING DAIRY COWS
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2019-09
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KARNATAKA VETERINARY, ANIMAL AND FISHERIES SCIENCES UNIVERSITY, BIDAR
Abstract
A study was undertaken to evaluate the effect of extruded feeding finger millet
straw based complete feed on the lactational performance of dairy cows. Six crossbred
cows in late lactation were used in a switch over design study. Treatment diets were T1
group fed compounded feed mixture (CFM) and finger millet straw (FMS) as a roughage
source offered separately and T2 group fed with finger millet straw based extruded
complete feed (ECF). The total milk and 4 per cent FCM yield were significantly higher
(P≤0.05) in T2 group (5.97, 6.66) compared to T1 group (5.32, 5.65). Considering the
milk constituents (per cent), of T1 and T2 groups, the fat (4.37 and 4.71), SNF (9.02 and
9.23), protein (3.3