1College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Rajasthan University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Bikaner, India
2College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, DUVASU, Mathura, India
3Post Graduate Institute of Veterinary Education & Research, Rajasthan University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Jaipur, India
*Corresponding author: D Chharang; E-mail: dchharang@gmail.com
Online published on 17 October, 2020.
A study was organized to evaluate the effect of replacement of barley and cottonseed cake by mesquite Prosopis juliflora pods (PJP) and watermelon seed (WMS) cake, respectively in complete feed with sixteen Marwari buckling goats. They were divided into four groups of four animals in each. Four complete feed designated as T1, T2, T3 and T4 were prepared. T1 served as control having all the conventional ingredients whereas barley of control was replaced by mesquite PJP in T2, cottonseed cake was replaced by WMS (Citrullus lanatus) cake in T3 and both barley and cottonseed cake were replaced by mesquite PJP and WMS cake in T4, respectively. The DM intakes, digestibility of DM and gross nutrients, digestible nutrient intake, feed efficiency, were worked out for all the groups. Significant effects of treatment on DM intake, digestibility of CP were observed whereas effects on digestibility of DM, EE, CF and NFE were non-significant. It is concluded that both barley and cottonseed cake could be safely and effectively replaced by the mesquite PJP and WMS cake alone or in combination in the complete feed of goats.
HIGHLIGHTS
• Evaluation of effect of replacement of conventional feeds by nonconventional feeds.
• To study the effect on nutrient utilization in goats.
• Effectively replaced the barley and cottonseed cake by mesquite PJP and WMS cake.
Digestibility, Mesquite Prosopis juliflora pods, Watermelon seed cake
