EFFECT OF DIFFERENT LEVELS OF ENERGY INTAKE ON MILK YIELD AND SOLIDS-NOT-FAT CONTENT IN CROSSBRED DAIRY COWS
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2008
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Karnataka Veterinary Animal And Fisheries Sciences University, Bidar
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India is the highest milk producing country in the world (91.94 million tons of milk per annum) with a share of 14 per cent of world milk production (Dairy India, 2007). Milk, providing a share of 18 per cent in gross value of agricultural sector, has emerged as the single largest agricultural commodity produced in India. The livestock sector by contributing milk production plays a vital role in fulfilling animal protein requirement of human population. Around 63 per cent of available animal protein in Indian diet (lOg/capita/day) comes from milk alone (Pandey et al., 2006). A small quantity of milk can provide more amounts of nutrients, protein and calories to the human beings than that of vegetables and cereals in the diet. Therefore it is necessary to increase the protein content of milk from human nutrition point of view.