Studies on feeding management practices adopted by murrah buffalo owners in vicinity of Pune

KA Tadavi; Dr. FR Tadavi

Studies on feeding management practices adopted by murrah buffalo owners in vicinity of Pune

Author(s): KA Tadavi and Dr. FR Tadavi

Abstract: The investigation entitled, “Studies on feeding management practices adopted by Murrah buffalo owners in vicinity of Pune” was undertaken to ascertain the various management practices followed by buffalo owners in vicinity of Pune. Total 100 Murrah buffalo dairy farms in and around 30 km radius of Pune city were studied. The data was collected through pretested questionnaire. The buffalo owners were distributed in four groups on the basis of buffaloes possessed by them as group-I were having up to 10 buffaloes, group-II possessed 11 to 25 buffaloes, group-III had 26 to 50 buffaloes and group IV were having above 51 buffaloes.

The farm owners fed their buffaloes with average 21.06 kg green fodder, 11.09 kg dry fodder and 5.25 kg concentrate per day per buffalo. While more than half of respondents were feeding 30 to 50 Ml. of mustard oil daily to their milch buffaloes with view to increase the fat content of milk. Almost all the buffalo owners kept their pregnant buffaloes together with other buffaloes and fed 1.53 kg concentrate per day as a pregnancy allowance.

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Vol. 9, Issue 3, Part A (2024)

Studies on feeding management practices adopted by murrah buffalo owners in vicinity of Pune

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