DEVELOPMENT OF A TECHNOLOGY FOR AN AREA SPECIFIC MINERAL MIXTURE FOR UTTAR PRADESH TO INCREASE PRODUCTIVITY OF BOVINES IN RESPECT OF MILK YIELD AND BODY WEIGHT

摘要

The newly formulated mixture can be used by the farmers and feeds industries. This new formulation is based on evaluation in improvement of various haematobiochemical, hormones and vitamins parameters in lactating cows, buffaloes, growing calves and heifers of cattle and buffaloes. This mineral mixture contains higher amount of Ca, P, Mg, Cu, Zn apart from vitamin A and E as per the requirement of bovines of Uttar Pradesh. It increases the productivity of the animals. With newly formulated mineral mixture, approximately 36.5% increase in milk yleld of cattle, and 38.5% in buffaloes. Regarding body weight of buffalo calves and heifers the increase was 45.4% and 37.81% respectively and in cattle calves there was 52% increase where as in heifers this was 39%. This formulation is cost effective, contains no toxic level of any constituent, can be packed into various size of packing and easily transportable.