Effect of Different Levels of Concentrate Mixture Feeding on Milk Composition in Sirohi Goats

A study was conducted on Effect of different levels of concentrate mixture feeding on milk composition in Sirohi goats. The experiment was conducted at RKVY Goat unit, S.K.N. College of Agriculture, Jobner (Jaipur) during November 2016 to May, 2017. Twenty four lactating Sirohi goats (36.2±0.7 kg) were taken to investigate the effect of different levels of concentrate mixture feeding on milk composition in Sirohi goats. The total duration of feeding experiment was 90 days. Apart from daily grazing, concentrate mixture feeding were given to Sirohi goats in ratio of 0.00 gm (T₁), 100gm (T₂), 200gm (T₃) and 300gm (T₄) respectively with Prosopis cineraria dry leaves (Khejri) ad libitum. The results revealed that the Sirohi goats showed significantly (P<0.05) higher milk composition in T₄ than T₃, T₂ and control T₁. The overall means of milk composition for fat % was found higher in T₄ than T₃, T₂ and T₁ ie., 3.91, 3.62, 3.40 and 3.17%. The solid-not fat % was found higher in T₄ than T₃, T₂ and T₁ ie., 10.29, 9.75, 9.29 and 8.62%. The total solid % was also found higher in T₄ than T₃, T₂ and T₁ ie., 14.73, 13.36, 12.70 and 10.78% respectively. It was observed that with increasing amount in feeding ratio was successive increase in milk composition. The present results help to conclude that there is a certain beneficial effect of concentrate mixture feeding on daily fat %, solid not fat %, total solid % and overall means of milk composition performance during lactation period in Sirohi goats.