Ally.KSUMAYYA K. K2020-09-172020-09-172018https://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/5810151416An experiment was conducted in Malabari kids for a period of three months to assess the effect complete feeds on growth performance. Twenty healthy Malabari kids of three to four months of age were selected and divided into four groups of five each, as uniformly as possible with regard to age, sex and body weight and were allotted randomly to experimental rations. All the experimental animals were fed with experimental rations containing different levels of crude protein (CP) and total digestible nutrients (TDN). T1 (complete feed containing 16 per cent CP and 60 per cent TDN), T2 (complete feed containing 16 per cent CP and 70 per cent TDN), T3 (complete feed containing 14 per cent CP and 60 per cent TDN) and T4 (complete feed containing 14 per cent CP and 70 per cent TDN). Data on daily dry matter (DM) intake, fortnightly body weight, digestibility trial and haemato-biochemical parameters like haemoglobin, total protein, calcium, phosphorus, and glucose and techno economics of production were employed for evaluation of different treatments. Average daily gain and total weight gain were 46.07g and 4.14kg, 42.12 g and 3.79 kg, 38.68g and 3.48 kg and 59.51 and 4.95, respectively for kids fed T1, T2, T3 and T4. There was no significant difference between group. Total dry matter intake of kids was 20.66, 20.83, 20.34 and 21.49 kg, respectively for T1, T2, T3 and T4 and they were similar. Feed conversion efficiency for kids fed T1, T2, T3 and T4 was 5.58, 6.58, 6.20 and 4.42, respectively. The digestibility coefficient of nutrients was 73.43, 75.14,71.35 and 71.18 for DM , 70.15, 76.02, 65.97and 65.58 for CP, 64.47, 63.68, 53.45 and 57.29 for crude fibre, 81.27, 79.57, 79.94 and 80.59 for ether extract and 80.78, 81.69, 79.90 and 79.68 for nitrogen free extract, respectively for kids fed T1 , T2 ,T3 and T4. There was a significant difference between T1(70.15), T2(76.02) compared with T3(65.97), T4(65.58) and there was significant difference between T1(70.15), T3(65.97), T4(65.58) with T2(76.02) regarding the CP digestibility (P < 0.05). Statistical analysis revealed there was significant difference in CF digestibility (P < 0.05) of T1 (64.47), T2 (63.68) compared to T3 (53.45), T4(57.29) and there was significantly higher CF digestibility (P < 0.05) of T1(64.47), T2(63.68) with T3(53.45). The haematological and serum biochemical parameters such as haemoglobin, serum total protein, calcium, phosphorus, glucose did not show any significant difference between the treatments and the values were within the normal range reported for the species except phosphorus. The feed cost (Rs) per kg body weight gain for the kids fed T1, T2, T3 and T4 were 100.13, 138.47, 116.84 and 85.65, respectively and there was no significant difference in cost of product per kg gain between treatments. From the results obtained on the present study it could be observed that average daily gain and cost per kg gain is better in T4 when compared to other treatment so it could be concluded that a complete feed with 14 per cent CP and 70 per cent TDN is sufficient to support growth rate in Malabari kid of 3 to 7 months of age and it is also economical.EnglishThesis