Subabul based feed pellets as strategic supplements for goats
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S K Mahanta
Principal Scientist, ICAR-Central Agroforestry Research Institute, Jhansi-284003, India
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Purushottam Sharma
Principal Scientist, ICAR-Central Agroforestry Research Institute, Jhansi-284003, India
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Sunil Kumar
Principal Scientist, ICAR-Central Agroforestry Research Institute, Jhansi-284003, India
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Mukesh Choudhary
Principal Scientist, ICAR-Central Agroforestry Research Institute, Jhansi-284003, India
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R P Dwivedi
Principal Scientist, ICAR-Central Agroforestry Research Institute, Jhansi-284003, India
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N Manjunath
Principal Scientist, ICAR-Central Agroforestry Research Institute, Jhansi-284003, India
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J P Upadhayay
Principal Scientist, ICAR-Central Agroforestry Research Institute, Jhansi-284003, India
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Avinash Chandra
Principal Scientist, ICAR-Central Agroforestry Research Institute, Jhansi-284003, India
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A K Saxena
Principal Scientist, ICAR-Central Agroforestry Research Institute, Jhansi-284003, India
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Rajeev Gupta
Principal Scientist, ICAR-Central Agroforestry Research Institute, Jhansi-284003, India
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Upendra Singh
Principal Scientist, ICAR-Central Agroforestry Research Institute, Jhansi-284003, India
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Prashant Kumar
Principal Scientist, ICAR-Central Agroforestry Research Institute, Jhansi-284003, India
Abstract
In Bundelkand region, livelihoodsecurity is highly vulnerable. Livestock, particularly goat farming is an important source of livelihood contributing to household income, employment and nutritional security. However, the potential for goat production is limited by many environmental and nutritional factors, and supplementation is required to mitigate both, nutrient deficiencies and the effect of plant secondary metabolites. Strategic supplementation option with complete feed pellets (consist of wheat straw, subabul leaf meal, wheat bran, mustard cake, barley grain and mineral mixture) can serve as good protein and energy sources for goats. On-farm trials with goat, farmers indicated that providing complete feed pellets as a strategic supplement (@ 200g/head/ day or around 1.0% of the body weight) to growing goats, reared on exclusive grazing, increased body weight gain (by 1.27 times) as well as farm income.
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