1Dairy Cattle Nutrition Division, NDRI, Karnal
Department of Animal Nutrition, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences Rajasthan University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Bikaner, Rajasthan (India)
*Corresponding author: email: dr.sakainder@gmail.com
Online published on 18 February, 2013.
A study was conducted to evaluate the level of some macro and micro-nutrients in the feeds and fodders in 18 villages from 6 tahsils of Sikar district of Rajasthan. The 6 tahsils of Sikar district namely Sikar, Laxmangarh, Fatehpur, Dantaramgarh, Srimadhopur and NeemKaThana were designated as T1, T2, T3, T4, T5 and T6, respectively. From each village, five farmers were selected randomly and from each farmer the representative samples of feeds and fodders were collected. All the samples of feeds and fodder were observed to contain adequate amount of iron, cobalt and molybdenum. While, wide spread deficiency of calcium, phosphorus, zinc and copper were prevalent in Sikar district of Rajasthan. Border line deficiency of magnese was observed in feeds and fodders of Sikar district.
Macro & Micro Nutrients, Feeds, Sikar, Rajasthan
