Assessment of Feeding Practices and Mineral Status of Buffaloes in Jhajjar District of Haryana
| dc.contributor.advisor | Tewatia, B.S. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Pawan Kumar | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-02-06T09:20:12Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2020-02-06T09:20:12Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2019 | |
| dc.description.abstract | A survey was conducted to assess the feeding practices and plane of nutrition of lactating buffaloes in Jhajjar district of Haryana in the month of January – February, 2019. Fifteen villages were randomly selected, three villages from each of five blocks of the district. The data was collected from 150 buffalo owners belonging to two different categories of farmers i.e. landless and farmers with land holding. In rabi season, berseem was the most common (82.6%) green fodder fed by of farmer of Jhajjar district followed by grasses (32%) and oat fodder (26%). Majority of buffalo owners were using wheat grain (88.7%) as chief source of energy and cotton seed (81.3%) and cottonseed cake (80%) as major source of protein. The respondents were occasionally providing common salt (25.3%) and rarely mineral mixture (16%) to their animals. Average CP intake of buffaloes of landless farmers was 3.93% less than the requirements, whereas, buffaloes of farmers with land holding were receiving 2.11 % more than the requirement. It may be inferred that majority of buffaloes under the study were underfed in terms of DM and proteins but fed adequately in terms of TDN. It was observed that Zn and Cu were highly deficient in all samples of green fodders as its level was below than critical level. All samples of green fodders had more than 50 ppm of Fe. Green fodders contained appreciable quantities of Ca and P. None of the samples were deficient in iron and only few samples were deficient in Mn in the district. All the samples of wheat and bajra grain had sufficient amount of Cu. Protein supplements like, cottonseed and cotton seed cake were fairly rich in Zn, Cu and Fe but concentration of Mn was lower. Regarding intake of mineral, it was observed that almost all the animals from all blocks were consuming much less Zn and Cu than its requirement while intake of Iron was above the requirement. Average intake of Mn was 32.66 mg/kg but a great variation existed between individual animal. Only 6.6% and 9.3% of the animals were receiving less Ca and P, respectively, than their requirement. Average value of serum Zn was within normal range i.e. 0.8 to 2 ppm while that of Cu in serum was found below critical level. Even after high intake of Fe due to high content in feed and fodders still its level in serum was within the normal range. Serum Mn was above critical value (0.20 ppm). Serum was marginally deficient in Ca and P which might be cause of lactation drainage. Hair samples were Zn and Cu deficient which is indicative of their general deficiency in animals and feeds. Hair samples were deficient in Fe. Similarly, milk samples were also deficient in Zn and Cu. All milk samples had Fe concentration above the critical level i.e. 0.3 ppm. The results of the study revealed that 100 % buffaloes in the district were receiving much less Zn and Cu than their requirement, while 82.6% of buffaloes were receiving less Mn than the requirement. Iron intake was much more than the requirement of buffaloes | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/5810142619 | |
| dc.keywords | Survey, buffaloes, feeding practices, mineral status | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | LUVAS | en_US |
| dc.sub | Animal Nutrition | en_US |
| dc.subject | null | en_US |
| dc.theme | Assessment of Feeding Practices and Mineral Status of Buffaloes in Jhajjar District of Haryana | en_US |
| dc.these.type | M.V.Sc. | en_US |
| dc.title | Assessment of Feeding Practices and Mineral Status of Buffaloes in Jhajjar District of Haryana | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |