Year: 2022 | Month: August | 12 | 4
The Scope of Utilization of Paddy Straw as Alternative Roughage in Equine Diet in India
Kamalraj Venkatesan
DOI:10.30954/2277-940X.04.2022.2
Abstract:
The deep bispecies relationship of humans and horses have started from prehistoric times with horses playing vital roles in societies over the millennia, including ones related to diet, transportation, work, religion, property and commodities, military service, status, and sports. Obviously, horse owners were always keen to search for a better economical, easily available feed without compromising for the nutritive value for their companions. This search had led them to explore various economically available agricultural crop residues to be considered in equine ration. Regarding Asian countries, especially when India is considered, paddy straw is a cheap, easily available crop residue which has been effectively tried in ruminant ration. But the scope of this feed in horse ration is less studied. Current study aimed to review the scope of rice straw in equine diet.
Highlights
- Scope of utilisation of paddy straw as alternative roughage in equine diet in India has been discussed.
- Use of paddy straw in lieu of dry forage is economical and has a low nutritive value than wheat and oat hay.
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