Economic Assessment of Specialized Ingredient-treated Feed for Crossbred Dairy Cattle in Subtropical Climates
Dhawal Kant Yadava *
Department of LPM, IIVER, Rohtak–124002, India.
Parth Gaur
ICAR-National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal – 132001, India.
Garima Kansal
ICAR-National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal – 132001, India.
Rahul Singh Chandel
ICAR-National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal – 132001, India.
Panch Kishor Bhartib
Livestock Production and Management, ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh- 243122, India.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
This experiment aimed to reduce the cost of feeding dairy cattle that were crossbred using a total of twenty-four crossbred animals. Four groups of six animals each were randomly selected from among the animals. Group 2 (76% treated feed), Group 3 (49% treated feed), Group 4 (100% treated green fodder), and Group 4 (Control) made up Group 1 (Gr-1). The remaining feed A-1, A-2, A-3, A-4, A-5, and A-6 received 1.5% urea+5% molasses+0.5% salt, 1.5% urea+5% molasses+1.5% salt, 1.5% urea+10% molasses+1.5% salt, 5% molasses+0.5% salt, and 10% molasses+0.5% salt were applied, respectively. Each animal at the farm cost 81Rs to feed on average. By contrast, under typical conditions, the feeding expenses for the first group in the A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, and A6 groups were 35, 35, 67, 71, 36, and 70 rupees, respectively. There was a decrease of 43, 42, 11, 11, 44, and 10 rupees as a result. In the second group, the reduction for the A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, and A6 treatment groups was 30Rs, 29Rs, 10Rs, 9Rs, 30Rs, and 10Rs, respectively. In the third group, the reduction was 19Rs, 18Rs, 5Rs, 4Rs, 21Rs, and 7Rs, respectively.
Keywords: Cost, economics, molasses, palatability, urea, vrindavani are some of the related terms