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cows mainly depends upon roughage, straw etc. that provide mostly<br />

carbohydrate. Fodders like cereal grains, rice polish etc. are highly<br />

expensive <strong>and</strong> beyond the reach of marginal farmers, so they are<br />

unable to supply these to their cows <strong>and</strong> their cows suffer from<br />

protein, mineral <strong>and</strong> vitamin deficiency. Iodine is necessary for<br />

thyroxin production that has a positive effect on milk yield.<br />

Considering it this experiment was conducted to find out a cheapest<br />

way of increasing milk yield. A total of 20 indigenous dairy cows of<br />

about 3-5 years old, weighing from 120-190 kg were selected based<br />

upon history at the day of parturition <strong>and</strong> were r<strong>and</strong>omly divided into<br />

4 groups. Group A acted as control, <strong>and</strong> Group B, C <strong>and</strong> D were<br />

treated with non-iodide salt at 100 mg/kg bd. wt. PO daily once,<br />

iodide salt at 100 mg/kg bd. wt. PO daily once <strong>and</strong> Lugol’s iodine at<br />

10 mg/kg bd. wt. IV twice a month, respectively. All the cows were<br />

maintained in a similar fashion. Milk yield were recorded daily for 5<br />

months <strong>and</strong> all the data were analyzed statistically at the end of<br />

experiment. Significant (p

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