A Study on Growth Performance of Weaned Kids of Sirohi Goat Fed with Different Levels of Concentrates

The present investigation was conducted a study on growth performance of weaned kids of Sirohi goat fed with different levels of concentrates for the effect of concentrate feeding on body weight gain. Twenty four kids of Sirohi breed between 3–4 months age were randomly selected on the basis of uniform body weight, age and divided into 3 groups of 8 kids each at the goat farm of S.K.N. College of Agriculture, Jobner. Group T₁ served as control supplemented with 50 g concentrate per kid per day for 3 months. Group T₂ (treatment) supplemented with 50, 100 and 150 g concentrate and T₃ (treatment) with 100, 150 and 200 g concentrate per head per day for 1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd month, respectively. Other management practices were similar for each group. Fodder of khejri loom was offered ad-libitum to all groups. Body weight of kids was recorded weekly. Group T₃ fed with more quantity of concentrate achieved the highest (85.77 g/day) average weekly weight gain followed by T₂ (69.22 g/day) and control group T₁ (61.33 g/day). Maximum average total weight gain per kid was observed in group T₃ (7.72 kg) followed by T₂ (6.23 kg) and least was found in T₁ (5.52 kg). Thus, from above findings it can be concluded that T₂ and T₃ treatments showed significantly improved growth performance in Sirohi kids and higher level (T₃) was relatively the best level in terms of both biological and economical returns.