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ASSESSMENT OF AREA SPECIFIC MINERAL MIXTURE SUPPLEMENTATION ON PRODUCTION PERFORMANCE OF DAIRY ANIMALS IN WEST GODAVAR...
ISSN: 2277 - 7601Publisher: author   
ASSESSMENT OF AREA SPECIFIC MINERAL MIXTURE SUPPLEMENTATION ON PRODUCTION PERFORMANCE OF DAIRY ANIMALS IN WEST GODAVAR...
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Abstract
A study was conducted in tribal villages of West Godavari district to observe the effect of area specific mineral mixture supplementation onthe production performance of dairy animals. Thirty dairy animals were selected randomly from 5 villages of Buttaigudem mandal, WestGodavari (A.P.) (Yerrayigudem, Doramamidi, Ravigudem, Reddyganapavaram and Kamaiahkunta) and categorised into two groups of fifteenanimals each. The dairy animals in the treatment group were fed with 50 g of area specific mineral mixture daily for 90 days of lactation andcontrol group of 15 animals were not fed any area specific mineral mixture. The analysis of data showed that additional supplementation ofarea specific mineral mixture has increased the milk yield by 1.08 liter /day (16.64 %) in the treatment group when compared with the controlgroup. The study showed that economic parameters such as gross returns, net returns and B:C ratio were found high in treatmen...