Study on Feed and Fodder Availability for Goats Under Field Conditions of Hardoi District of U.P

Abstract

The present investigation was conducted to study the feed and fodder availability for goat in nine blocks of Hardoi district of Uttar Pradesh. A total number of 60 respondents were personally interviewed. It was observed that 23.33% goat keeper was middle level educate and 48.33 % of the respondents were middle (36 to 50 years) old age group. It was found that majority (61.67%) of respondents was practiced group feeding of goats. The highest (48.33%) respondents using common pasture land site in their respective area and the most (53.45%) of the respondents stated that they grazing to goats in morning hours compare to evening (46.55%) hrs., hence, it was on average 5-6 hrs. in a day for grazing to goats. The important commonly feed and fodders for goats were leaf of tree, herbs, root, grasses and Berseem. It was concluded that hay and silage are not practices in this area. It is also observed that 51.67% respondents provided the Gur solution during just after the kidding of goats in the study area. The maximum (55.00%) respondents provided % Kg concentrate per day to their lactating goats for production. When the estimated regarding adoption level of recommended feeding practices, it was clean and fresh water availability with the highest (1st) score followed by grazing duration, feeding of green fodder around the year, cultivation of green fodder, feeding of balance concentrate mixture, feeding of extra ration in advance pregnancy, feeding of mineral mixture, feeding of common salt and chaffing of fodders as II,III,IV,V,VI,VII,VIII, and IX score, respectively.