EFFECT OF WATERING FREQUENCY AND FEED ON GROWTH OF CROSSBRED CALVES
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2020
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Department of Livestock Production Management College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry Anand Agricultural University, Anand
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The present investigation was conducted at Livestock Research Station (LRS), College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Anand Agricultural University, Anand, Gujarat to study the effect of watering frequency and feed on growth of crossbred calves. The calves were randomly assigned to four watering frequency and two feeding treatments, a total of eight treatments, on the basis of sex and body weight viz., T1F1: watering frequency ad lib. with 50:50 mixture of legume (soyabean) straw and cereal (wheat) straw, T1F2: watering frequency ad lib. with Jowar hay, T2F1: watering frequency once a day with 50:50 mixture of legume (soyabean) and cereal (wheat) straw, T2F2: watering frequency once a day with Jowar hay, T3F1: watering frequency twice a day with 50:50 mixture of legume (soyabean) and cereal (wheat) straw, T3F2: watering frequency twice a day with Jowar hay, T4F1: watering frequency thrice a day with 50:50 mixture of legume (soyabean) and cereal (wheat) straw and T4F2: watering frequency thrice a day with Jowar hay. In all treatments, fixed quantity of concentrate and green fodder were also offered to calves. Twenty four crossbred calves were used for 98 d experimental period.