Studies on impact of different feeding regimens on comparative growth performance of Beetal goats

2^nd Indo-Global Summit & Expo on Veterinary

October 26-28, 2015 Hyderabad, India

Aleesha Luthra, Chandrahas and A L Saini

Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, India

Posters-Accepted Abstracts: J Veterinar Sci Technol

Abstract :

With the objective to study the effect of different feeding regimes on growth performance of Beetal goats the study was conducted at Goat Research Farm, GADVASU in Ludhiana. About 24 kids of about 90 days were randomly distributed in three treatment groups. T1 group was fed with concentrate mixture at 1% body weight and ad libitum roughages under stall fed conditions, T2 group was fed with concentrate mixture at 1% and kids were allowed 8 hours of grazing whereas T3 group was sent for grazing for a period of 8 hours without any supplementation of concentrate mixture under extensive management system. The rest of the managemental conditions were kept same for all the treatment groups. The growth performance was recorded for about three months. There was increase in weight gain in T2 group (5.2 kg) as compared to T1 (4.6 kg) and T3 group (4.1 kg). The average daily gain significantly increased (P<0.05) in T2 group (61.4 g) when compared to T1 group (53.6 g) and T3 group (45.8 g). The percent increase in average daily weight gain in T2 was 12.70% and 25.41% in comparison to T1 and T3 groups respectively. Therefore, it was concluded that supplementation of concentrate mixture along with a grazing allowance of 8 hours improved the growth performance of Beetal goats when compared to either total intensive or extensive system of management. Hence, different feeding regimes significantly affect the growth performance of Beetal goats.

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