Feeding of goat and sheep Flashcards
Capra hircus came from
Capra aegagrus
Feeding habit of goatt
Browsing
Goat has a wider range of
Feed acceptability and fibre digestibility
DM consumption of goat is
3 -7% body weight in goats
3-4 % in meat goats
5-7% in lactationg goats
DM consumption reaches maximum btw
6 to 10 weeks. Of lactation
Nutrient conversion efficiency of goat
45 to 71%
CIRG LOCATED at
Mathura
Goat are called
Poor man’s cow
or mobile pruning machine
Goats are more sensitive to
Cyanogenic glycosides
Goat meat is called
Chevo n
ME require ment foe maintanence
119 kcal /kg W 0.75
TDN requirement for maintenance is
30 g/kg W 0.75
DCP requirement for maintanence
3g/kg W 0.75
Feeding of kids
1/ 6 bw for first month
1/8 during second month
1/10 or 1/15 3rd month
Extra allowanve for repriduction in goats is
55 g DCP, 400 g TDN, 2g Ca,, 1.4 g p