Vol. 11, Issue 12 (2022)

Author(s):
SS Raut, NN Prasade, AJ Mayekar, SS Ramod and DB Malave

Abstract:
The present investigation was undertaken during the year 2021-22 on Studies on management practices followed by Konkan Kapila cattle owners in Ratnagiri district was carried out by randomly selecting 200 Konkan Kapila cattle owners from five tahsils namely Dapoli, Mandangad, Chiplun, Khed and Guhagar. In feeding practices, most of the farmers were followed stall feeding + grazing (58%). The adoption of processing of concentrates before feeding was 47 percent. While none of cattle owners enriched the poor quality of straw by urea. Chaffing of green fodder and dry fodder was adopted by 12 percent. Feeding of green fodder in summer and winter was 18.5 percent. While none of the farmers were preparing silage. Most of farmers (74.5 percent) fed @ 2 to 2.5 kg of dry matter 100^-1 kg body weight of animals. However, 40 percent fed concentrate @ 40 percent of milk production and 1 kg for maintenance. Total 27 percent farmers provide additional ration for pregnant animal. While only 3 percent cattle owners fed mineral mixture or mineral bricks. However, 45 percent cattle owners fed unconventional roughages and concentrates during scarcity. While 70 percent cattle owners used homemade concentrate feed. Feeding of separate concentrate mixture was practiced by 85 percent. All of the respondents were not adopted enrichment of poor-quality straw by urea and feeding of silage. Very few cattle owners used mineral mixture or mineral bricks.