Abstract:The experiment was conducted to study effect of replacement of concentrate mixture by hydroponic maize fodder on nutrient intake and nutrient digestibility of Sangamneri goats. Thirty Sangamneri male goats of 6-9 month age were kept under five treatments and six replication using RBD. T
0 (concentrate mixture), T
1+ (replace 20% concentrate by hydroponic maize), T
2 (replace 40% concentrate by hydroponic maize), T
3 (replace 60% concentrate by hydroponic maize) and T
4 (replace 80% concentrate by hydroponic maize). (Roughages = dry + green) fed to all treatment.
It was observed that hydroponic green maize contents 18.25, 11.75, 11.43, 03.36, 3.11, 0.47 and 68.35, DM, CP, CF, EE, Total Ash, Silica and NFE respectively. Result of experiment indicate that replacing of concentrate with hydroponic maize fodder had significantly higher DMI in (T2) 719 gram/ day than other treatments. Inclusion of hydroponic maize in kid’s diet reduces the water intake. FCR value had non-significant influence to all treatments. Average nutrient digestibility observed significantly higher DM, CP and NFE in T2 (66.78, 83.52 and 66.27%) and higher CF observed in T0 (67.10%) than other treatments. The B: C ratio indicate that the animal fed under T2 give higher B:C ratio of 1:1.13. Concentrate mixture can be replaced with HMF at 40% level in the rations of growing kids increases dry matter intake and nutrient digestibility without affecting feed conversion efficiency and reduce the production cost.