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General Principles in Feeding
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The ration of the animal should be
well balanced and feeding
trough/table should
never be emptied.
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The feed material should contain greens
roughages and concentrates so that the animal may get all
the essential nutrients
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Avoid sudden change in diet because
it upsets the whole GIT resulting in indigestion and reduction
in milk yield
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The feed requirement of animal is
calculated on dry matter basis. On average dairy animals consume
3 to 4 Kg dry matter per 100Kg body weight
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Of the total dry matter requirement
of the animal, two thirds should be met by roughages
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To avoid mineral deficiency in the
body, the animal should be offered to 70 to 100 g mineral mixture
daily. A piece of common salt should also be
placed in manger.
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The animal should be fed according
to their body need. Feeding less or more are both detrimental to
animal health or production
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Feeding troughs should be
cleaned regularly
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The animals should get ad labium
clean fresh supply of drinking waster
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For milk production the animal
should be given at least 1Kg concentrate mixture per 2 litres
milk yield
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