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EFFECT OF GRAINLESS DIETS IN THE MAINTENANCE OF LIVE BODY WEIGHT AND DRY MATIER INTAKE IN ADULT DRY CROSS-BRED COWS

A.S. Singh!, N.N. Pathak2

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¹Centre of Advanced Studies in Animal Nutrition, Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar - 243 122, India

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Cite article:- Singh! A.S., Pathak2 N.N. (2025). EFFECT OF GRAINLESS DIETS IN THE MAINTENANCE OF LIVE BODY WEIGHT AND DRY MATIER INTAKE IN ADULT DRY CROSS-BRED COWS. Indian Journal of Animal Research. 36(2): 85 - 89. doi: .

ABSTRACT

Twelve adult dry cross-bred cows of about 61/2 years of age were divided randomly into two groups. Group-1 and-2 were fed restricted amount of wheat bran and defatted rice bran respectively to meet CP requirement for maintenance alongwith ad-libitum wheat straw and 1 kg of available green fodder for every alternate day to supply carotene requirement for 16 weeks. The intake of straw: bran was 66.0: 34.0 and 65.4: 34.6 in group-1 and-2 respectively. The overall mean DMI/100 kg body weight was statistically higher (P

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