UREA MOLASSES LIQUID AND BLOCK FEED
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Other systems of feeding
i. Liquid urea-molasses feeding
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Liquid molasses containing 2 to 3 % uniformly mixed urea and fortified with minerals and vitamins is referred to as liquid feed. The principle of urea - molasses liquid feed preparation lies in the homogenous mixing of urea in liquid molasses.
a. The most practical and least toxic urea-molasses liquid feed contains
The mixture is fortified with vitablend (vitamins A & D)
3) @ 25g/100kg.66 Procedure for preparing Urea-Molasses Liquid Feed:
b. Another combination of urea-molasses liquid feed
Precautions to be followed while feeding liquid urea-molasses diets
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It is desired to supplement the liquid molasses diet to certain minimum quantity of roughages to maintain bulk.
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It is advisable to introduce liquid feed gradually in the ration in about 10 to 15 days.
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Fresh drinking water should be made available at all times for the animals on liquid diet.
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It is good to provide mineral mixture or mineral licks free of choice in a separate container.
ii. Uro-mol Brick feeding
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The National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) has started manufacturing urea-molasses blocks.
Composition of urea-molasses mineral block
Procedure for preparing Urea-Molasses mineral block
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Binder is added to the cake and the mixture is poured into the block molds and allowed to cool.
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Apart from cake, bran or some roughage source can also be incorporated to prepare complete feed blocks for feeding of ruminant livestock in drought prone areas.
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At present, de-wormer included medicated blocks are commercially available for feeding to small ruminants.
iii. Uromin lick
This "uromin" lick also called "Pashu Chaat" contains besides urea, molasses and minerals, certain fillers like de-oiled rice bran, maida (sieved flour), mustard cake, common salt and a feed binder (bentonite or guar gum).
Procedure for preparing uromin lick
First, molasses and urea are heated together in a round iron utensil for about half an hour.
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By doing so, urea and molasses are converted into uromol, where urea – N bound with sugars of molasses is used efficiently by the rumen system.
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Now, all the other ingredients (premix) are mixed with uromol while it is hot to prevent lump formation.
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The whole mixture is then pressed in the dye of a uromin lick making machine, preferably with the help of a hydraulic jack at a pressure of 10 tons psi.
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A hard uromin lick is ready in 20 – 30 minutes depending upon the atmospheric temperature.
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This brick shaped uromin lick will weigh around 3 kg and can be sealed in a polythene envelope for future use.
Exercise
Composition of Uromin Lick
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Molasses, urea, mineral mixture, salt and calcite powder are mixed with thorough stirring and boiling.
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