Vol. 11, Special Issue 2 (2022)

Author(s):
Om Prakash Choudhary, RP Jat, Subhash Yadav, Sohan Lal Boori, Gotam Chopra and Vinod Kumar Kudi

Abstract:
This investigation was conducted at animal farm S.K.N. College of Agriculture, Jobner (Rajasthan) on 20 milking cows (which includes 10 Gir and 10 Crossbred) were divided into four different group and subjected to four dietary treatments were formulated. i.e., Green Lucerne 10.0 kg + Wheat straw ad-lib + Concentrate for T₁ Cross-bred and T₃ Gir cows group and Green Lucerne 20.0 kg + Wheat straw ad-lib + Concentrate for T₂ Cross-bred and T₄ Gir cows group and studied for their feeding and resting behaviour. Average maximum and minimum temperature (⁰C) were 25.60±0.245 and 15.64±0.285 in closed barn. Average eating time (minutes/day) was significantly (P<0.05) higher in T₂ (Crossbred group) 307.70 than T₁ (Crossbred group) 292.90, T₄ (Gir group) 272.40 and T₃ (Gir group) 266.60. Average resting time (minutes/day) was significantly (P<0.05) higher in T₃ (688.20) than T₄ (680.60), T₁ (660.40) and T₂ (653.50) during period of 24 hour.