National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692
Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
The present investigation was carried out to study the feeding and housing patterns adopted by buffaloes keepers in Junagadh and Porbandar districts of Gujarat State. A random sample of 300 buffalo owners were selected from three talukas of Junagadh and two talukas of Porbandar district. Majority of buffalo owners (55.67%) had animal shed located inside dwelling house with kuccha slopped floor (83.67%). Most of buffalo owners reduced heat stress in buffaloes by splashing of water and 71% farmers adopted both stall feeding and grazing to their buffalo. In study area, 80% buffalo owners cultivated green fodder, 92.67% and 91% respondents did not feed salt and mineral mixture to their buffaloes, respectively. Most common green fodder used were maize and lucerne in the study area, 51.33% and 40% respondents fed maize and lucerne to their buffaloes respectively. Sorghum straw (33.33%) and groundnut gotar (61.67%) were fed as dry fodder to their buffaloes. Majority of buffalo owners (95.33%) did not offer bypass fat/protein to their buffaloes and 71.67% buffalo owners fed cottonseed cake to their buffaloes.
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