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

Effect of Floor Space Allowance Under Katcha Housing on Growth Performance of Post-Weaning Osmanabadi Kids in Mumbai


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Abstract:

This experiment was conducted to fi nd out the effect of different fl oor space allowance on the growth performance of Osmanabadi kids. Eighteen Osmanabadi kids between the age group of 3-4 months and body weight of 7-8 kg were randomly selected irrespective of sex. The selected kids were divided and kept into three different groups with different fl oor space comprising of 6 kids in each group. GroupT0 (0.8m2 fl oor space/kid), Group T1 (0.7m2/kid) and Group T2 (0.6m2/kid). The feeding and other management practices for all the three groups were similar. The body weight of kids at 3 and 6 months of age was 6.75, 6.86, 6.82 and 12.69, 12.44, 11.98 kg respectively in Group T0, T1 and T2. The average daily gain and average weekly gain in body weight were 70.77 ± 1.62, 66.05 ± 1.80, 61.50 ± 3.95 gm/day and 495.39 ± 11.39, 465.26 ± 11.00, 430.00 ± 14.64 gm/wk in Group T0, T1 and T2 respectively. There was signifi cant effect of fl oor space on average daily gain (P<0.01), average weekly gain (P<0.01) and also on average monthly gain (P<0.05) of Osmanabadi kids. It was concluded that provision of floor space is positively correlated with the growth performance of kids.



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