animal production - CSK Himachal Pradesh Agricultural University ...

the lambs and kids during second week after birth, with red hot iron and apply antiseptic cream to the wound. Provide
legume hay, concentrate mixture and milk, as given in the following table:
Adult stock
Female
Feeding schedule for kids according to age and weight:
Age Whole Conc. Legume hay or
group milk(L) mixture (g) green fodder (kg)
Birth-15 days 500 - -
16 days- 1 month 500 50 0.050 or 0.250
1-2 months 400 100 0.150 or 0.500
2-3 months 200 150 0.350 or 1.500
3-4 months 200 150 0.600 or 2.500
4-5 months - 100 0.750 or 3.000
6 months and above - 100 1.000 or 4.000
Above 6 months :
1. Conc. Mixture 0.5 kg (when legume green is not available)
2. Berseem/green ad lib.
1. Maintenance concentrate ration-500 g/head/day (when legume fodder is not available).
2. Production ration-330 g conc. mixture for every 1 kg of milk produced or part thereof.
3. Green fodder ad lib.
Male
1. Maintenance ration 500-g/head/day (when legume fodder is not available).
2. Green fodder ad lib.
Protect the young ones from rodents and crows. Deworm the young ones when they are one month old and
regularly deworm them at alternate month or once in a quarter till the stock is disposed off. Control the external parasites by
spraying malathion (0.5 to 1% solution). Use dipping bath when the flock size is large. Never overfeed the young ones. If
scouring develop, reduce the milk to one fourth and add water containing a pinch of sodium bicarbonate. In severe cases,
stop milk, give antibiotics, feed electral solution and start feeding milk slowly. Castrate all males (except from high yielding
dams which should be reared as breeding males) at 2 to 3 months of age.
ii) Care of the young stock (3 months to breeding stage): Segregate males from females at three months of age.
The three groups i.e castrated males, uncastrated males and the females should be kept separately because they differ in
their requirements of all types. Trim the hooves regularly after 6 months of age.
iii) Care of castrated males: Feed them in such a way that they should gain minimum of 150 g body weight per day
and fatten them with fattening ration at the age of 6 months.
iv) Young breeding males: Feed them green and hay as given in table. Concentrate mixture may be given to meet
the nutritional requirement. Provide light exercise by making them to run for 15 minutes to half an hour. Clean their mouth
and belly daily with ordinary soap and water to avoid infection from urination. Test the semen for fertility at one year of age.
For breeding, use them lightly (not more than one doe per week) during the first breeding season after attaining one year of
age. Keep them separately from adults to avoid fighting between them.
v) Young breeding females: Feed them with green and hay ad lib.; concentrate mixture should be given to meet
the nutritional requirements. Normally, the young females show signs of estrus when they are 9 to 12 months old but they
should be bred any time after 18 months or when they attain 2/3 of their mature body weight, which ever is earlier, but not
before 15 months. Young ones should be fed extra concentrate mixture during breeding season to encourage ovaries to
produce more ova.
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