Effect of concentrate feed supplementation during different physiological stages in Madras Red Sheep

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dc.contributor.authorKumar, P. Suresh
dc.contributor.authorPasupathy, Karu
dc.contributor.authorKumar, K. Suresh
dc.contributor.authorVeeramani, P.
dc.contributor.authorVasanthakumar, P.
dc.contributor.authorGopi, H.
dc.contributor.authorTANUVAS
dc.date.accessioned2018-04-20T10:13:36Z
dc.date.available2018-04-20T10:13:36Z
dc.date.issued2018-04
dc.description.abstractThis study was undertaken to assess the performance of Madras Red sheep fed concentrate feed at different physiological stages such as prior to breeding (14 days), late gestation (last 42 days) and early lactation (first 60 days) and compounded feed for growing lambs up to 120 days of age. The study was conducted at Postgraduate Research Institute in Animal Sciences, Kattupakkam, Tamil Nadu. In this, sixty ewes were selected in the age group of 3 to 5 years and divided into three groups with twenty in each group. The first group was allowed for grazing for seven hours daily from 9.00 A.M to 4.00 P.M and served as control group (G1).The second and third group (G2 and G3) of animals were supplemented with concentrate feed @ 10% and 20% of their daily dry matter requirement, respectively. The result indicates that the supplementation of concentrate feed to sheep significantly (p<0.05) improved the production and reproduction performance of sheep in terms of body weight gain during late pregnancy and early lactation, conception rate, lambing percentage, birth weight and ADG of lambs in group (G3) when compared to concentrate feed supplementation @ 10 % of dry matter requirement (G2) or nonsupplemented groups (G1). It is concluded that the net profit available per ewe was more in G3 followed by G 2 and G1 groups.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/5810044257
dc.keywordsConcentrate feed, Economics, Sheep, Supplementationen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.pages564-568en_US
dc.publisherAgricultural Research Communication Centreen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries;4
dc.subjectVeterinary Scienceen_US
dc.subjectAnimal Researchen_US
dc.titleEffect of concentrate feed supplementation during different physiological stages in Madras Red Sheepen_US
dc.title.alternativeIndian Journal of Animal Researchen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.volume52en_US
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