Year: 2016 | Month: October | Volume 6 | Issue 5

Feeding Pattern During Advanced Pregnancy and Incidence of Reproductive and Metabolic Disorders in Crossbred Cows


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Abstract:

Present study results indicated that out of 105 dairy farmers visited, it was observed that all most all of the farmers practice stall feeding and offer feeds twice in a day, to advanced pregnant crossbred cows. The majority of farmers (56 %) were offered mixture of straws (wheat straw+ gram straw) and some of them used masoor/soybean straw as dry roughage. It was observed that 33 % farmers offered mixture of local grasses + maize fodder + MP Chari followed by maize + local grass (26 %) as green roughage. Twenty six percent farmers were not feeding any greens. Available concentrate feeds are wheat bran, cotton seed cake and concentrate mixture. Majority of farmers (84 %) offered wheat bran+ cotton seed cake as concentrate. Only 10% farmers were supplementing mineral mixture and 29 % supplementing salt. Prevalence of overall reproductive disorders was 15.8%. Among different disorders, incidence of retained placenta, vaginal prolapse and uterine prolapse were 9%, 4.2% and 2.6%, respectively. Prevalence of metabolic disorders and mastitis were 6.8 and 14 %, respectively in total population. Among metabolic disorders, incidence of haemoglobinuria was 2.5%, milk fever was 2.7% and downers cow syndrome was observed in 1.6% cows. The prevalence of mastitis (14%) was higher than other problems in crossbred cows. These results indicates that under existing feeding pattern inadequacy of various nutrients in the ration of advanced pregnant crossbred cows could be probable of various reproductive and metabolic disorders prevalent in this area.



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