COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE GROWTH RATE AND PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSES OF JERSEY X KANKREJ AND H. F. X KANJREJ CALVES FROM BIRTH TO ONE YEAR OF AGE IN RELATION TO CLIMATE
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1981
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AAU, Anand
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A study was undertaken at the Livestock Research Station, Gujarat Agricultural University, Anand Campus, Anand from 1-4-80 to 31-3-81 to compare (1) the growth (2) physiological responses, (3) feed intake and (4) water intake of Jersey and Holstein crosses. The body weight of Jersey male and female crosses was 22.20 and 22.50, 96.40 and 89.88, 168.45 and 159.38 and 237.95 and 224.69 kg respectively at birth and at the ages of 20, 36 and 52 weeks. The same for Holstein crosses was 27.63 and 30.00, 115.63 and 122.15, 194.44 and 201.70 and 265.69 and 275.95 kg respectively. The holstein crosses had significantly higher body weight from birth upto 52 weeks of age than the Jersey crosses.
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LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION, A STUDY