Nutrient requirement for breeding bulls

NUTRIENT REQUIREMENTS FOR BREEDING BULLS
  • When bulls have properly developed, they are normally fed on maintenance requirement.
  • Overfeeding should be avoided as it leads to excessive fattening which lowers the libido.
  • No systematic work on nutrient requirements of breeding bulls had been conducted in the country. However, the requirements proposed by Ranjhan (1980) adopted from NRC (1971) have been adopted by ICAR (1998).

Breeding bull

Nutrients required for breeding bulls per head per day

B. wt
(kg)
DCP
(kg)
SE
(kg)
TDN
(kg)
Ca
(g)
P
(g)
400
0.38
2.7
3.6
9
9
500
0.45
3.4
4.5
11
11
600
0.53
4.2
5.4
13
13

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