Nutrient requirement for pregnancy

NUTRIENT REQUIREMENT FOR PREGNANCY

Energy and protein requirements for pregnancy

  • No systematic work on nutrient requirements for pregnancy has been done in India. Therefore, the requirements recommended by NRC (1988) have been adopted for feeding pregnant cattle and buffaloes till such time when Indian values for feeding of pregnant animals are available.

Requirements for maintenance and pregnancy (last 2 months) (ICAR, 1998)

(Kg)
B. Wt
Dry
Feed
(Kg)
DCP
(g)
TDN
(Kg)
ME
(Mcal)
Ca
(g)
P
(g)
Carotene
(mg)
Vit.A
100 IU
250
4.9
270
3.0
10.8
14
12
51
21
300
5.6
290
3.4
12.4
16
14
56
25
350
6.4
320
3.7
13.2
21
16
67
27
400
7.2
350
4.0
14.1
23
18
76
30
450
7.9
400
4.4
15.9
26
20
86
34
500
8.6
430
4.8
17.3
29
22
95
38
550
9.3
465
5.2
18.8
31
24
105
42
600
10.0
500
5.6
20.2
34
26
114
46
650
10.6
530
6.0
21.6
36
28
124
50
700
11.3
550
6.3
22.7
39
30
133
53
750
12.0
600
6.7
24.2
42
32
143
57
800
12.6
630
7.1
25.6
44
34
152
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(Source : Nutrient requirement for Livestock and Poultry by S.K.Ranjhan)

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