BODY MEASUREMENTS OF KIDS FED ON MONENSIN SUPPLEMENTED COMPLETE RATIONS
The concept of intensive system of rearing of goats has recently evoked much interest among farmers of Kerala. An important feature of this increased intensification has been the use of complete feeds containing a lower amount of crude fibre than the standard (Owen, 1979) accepted. Supplementing suc...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Director of Academics and Research, Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences University
2003-01-01
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| Series: | Journal of Veterinary and Animal Sciences |
| Online Access: | https://www.jvas.in/public_html/upload/article_file/article_file_qxrptl.pdf?t=qxrptl |
| Summary: | The concept of intensive system of rearing of goats has recently evoked much interest among farmers of Kerala. An important feature of this increased intensification has been the use of complete feeds containing a lower amount of crude fibre than the standard (Owen, 1979) accepted. Supplementing such feeds with ionophore antibiotics like monensin
(Havey and Hoehn, 1967) improves body weight gain, body measurements and feed conversion efficiency (Path and Honmonde, 1994). The present investigation was carried out to study the influence of monensin supplementation on body measurements of kids fed on
complete rations containing different levels of fibre. |
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| ISSN: | 0971-0701 2582-0605 |