Feeding of lactating goats and bucks

FEEDING OF LACTATING GOATS  AND BUCKS

Feeding of lactating goats

  • For an adult doe in lactation about 400 g of concentrate mixture must be given for every liter of milk produced and over and above that 150 g should be added for maintenance.
  • A concentrate mixture for lactating goats should contain about 9-10% DCP and 60-65% TDN.

Daily Nutrient Requirements of Lactating Does (Ranjhan.S.K. 1998)

Body weight (kg)
Milk Yield(kg)
Dry matter Intake(g)
Dry matter(% body weight)
Digestible Crude Protein(g)
Total Digestible Nutrients(g)
Calcium(g)
Phosphorus(g)
20
0.5
865
4.3
51
468
4.3
2.9
1.0
1185
5.9
74
640
5.9
3.9
25
0.5
968
3.9
56
523
4.8
3.2
1.0
1290
5.2
79
695
6.4
4.3
30
0.5
1060
3.5
61
573
5.3
3.5
1.0
1380
4.6
84
745
6.9
4.6
35
0.5
1155
3.3
66
623
5.8
3.9
1.0
1470
4.2
89
795
7.3
4.9
40
0.5
1245
3.1
70
673
6.2
4.1
1.0
1565
3.9
93
845
7.8
5.2
45
0.5
1320
2.9
75
713
6.6
4.4
1.0
1640
3.6
98
885
8.2
5.3
50
0.5
1410
2.8
79
763
7.0
4.7
1.0
1730
3.5
102
935
8.6
5.7
55
0.5
1490
2.7
84
803
7.4
4.9
1.0
1805
3.3
107
975
9.0
6.0
60
0.5
1570
2.6
88
848
7.8
5.2
1.0
1890
3.1
111
1020
9.4
6.3

Lactating goat

  • It should be necessarily supplemented with mineral mixture of standard quality.

 Balanced ration for lactating goats 

 
Maize
12 parts
 
Dal Chuni
35 parts
 
Wheat bran
30 parts
 
Groundnut oil cake
5 parts
 
Molasses
4 parts
 
Mineral mixture
2 parts
 
Sodium chloride
1 part
 
 

feeding complete feed for goats reared in slatted floor sheds

Feeding of bucks

  • They require about 3-3.5% concentrate mixture of total body weight.
  • Average breeding bucks need 500 g to 1 kg concentrate and yearlings about 250 g.
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