Vol. 11, Issue 6 (2022)

Author(s):
Ritu, VS Panwar, Jyotsana, BS Tewatia, Meetu and Anuj Singh

Abstract:
The objective of this study was to compare the efficacy of feeding of two different types of mineral mixtures on nutrient utilization, and growth performance in Beetal kids. For this purpose, sixteen healthy male beetal goat kids of three months old were divided into two groups of eight animals each on the basis of their initial body weight. Animals were fed on concentrate mixture (comprising one-third equal proportions of maize, GNC and barley, mineral mixture and salt part). The concentrate mixture fed to group 1 was supplemented with university (LUVAS) prepared mineral mixture and in case of group 2 commercial mineral mixture was supplemented with conventional diet system. The results of the study revealed that the total dry matter intake, digestibility coefficients (DM, CP, EE, NFE) in group 1 and group 2 were found statistically similar in both the groups. However, crude fiber (CF) nutrient digestibility showed significant (p< 0.05) differences in between treatment 1 and treatment 2. FCR and nutrient intake were found statistically similar in between the groups.