ANN 121: Applied Animal Nutrition-I (2+1)

NUTRIENT REQUIREMENT OF SHEEP AND GOAT (ICAR,1998)

	Sheep			Goat
	DM	DCP	TDN	DM	DCP	TDN
Maintenance of adult animals	60.6 g per kg metabolic body size or 2.5% of body weight	3.0 g per kg metabolic body size	27.3 g per kg metabolic body size	65.2 per kg metabolic body size or 2.5% of body weight	3.0 g per kg metabolic body size	30.0 per kg metabolic body size
Pregnant animals	1.5 times maintenance during the last six weeks of pregnancy	2.5 times maintenance during the last six weeks of pregnancy	2.0 times maintenance during the last six weeks of pregnancy	1.5 times maintenance during the last six weeks of pregnancy	1.8 times maintenance during the last six weeks of pregnancy	1.6 times maintenance during the last six weeks of pregnancy
Lactating animals	2 times the maintenance DM during 1st two months of lactation & 1.5 times maintenance during the remaining period of lactation	2.5 times maintenance during 1st two months of lactation & 1.5 times maintenance during the remaining period of lactation	Twice the maintenance during 1st two months of lactation & 1.5 times maintenance during the remaining period of lactation	525 g DM per kg of 4% FCM over and above the maintenance requirement	45 g DCP per kg of 4% FCM over and above the maintenance requirement	345 g TDN per kg of 4% FCM over and above the maintenance requirement