Nutrient Utilization in Goats Fed Arhar (Cajanus cajan) Straw Based Complete Feed Pellets

The pelleted complete feed containing 60% (Cajanus cajan) and 40% concentrate mixture (jowar 30, cotton seed cake 27, arhar chunni 30, groundnut cake 10, mineral mixture 2 and common salt 1%) was nutritionally evaluated in local non descript male goats. The DM intake was 743.94±41.56 g. The DMI per 100 kg b.wt. was 4.20±0.28 kg. The DCP and TDN content of the ration was 8.95 and 55.12% respectively. The digestibility coefficients were 56.43 (DM), 66.37 (CP), 74.96 (EE), 67.56 (CF), 45.64 (NFE), 48.95 (NDF) and 40.44 (ADF). The goats were on positive nitrogen balance. The rumen liquor pH on 0, 7, 14, 21 and 28^th day of experiment was 7.03, 6.83, 6.83, 6.98 and 6.75, respectively, whereas the NH-N and TVFA concentration in SRL on the respective days was 8.76, 13.33, 14.06, 13.01, 13.37 mg/100 ml SRL and 4.01, 6.61,8.74,8.81,8.23 mEq/100 ml SRL. The ration could maintain the experimental goats with average daily gain of 75.0 g.