Assessment Of Feed Formulation And Feeding Practices For Urban And Periurban Dairy Cows Around Holetta Ethiopia

There was a concern that farmers mix feed rations using locally available feed ingredients in any proportions and are often not aware of their quality, cost and impact of nutrient imbalances to performances of animals.This study was conducted on private urban and periurban dairy production systems around Holetta to assess the existing feed formulation and feeding practices for crossbred dairy cows in terms of nutrient supply, identify the gap in relation to the recommended nutrients required, assess performances of crossbred dairy cows and evaluate the economic viability of concentrate feeds. Structured questionnaire and laboratory analysis for home-mixed concentrate were employed to generate data from a total of 60 dairy farms. Based on laboratory analysis, the overall mean of home-mixed concentrates nutrient contents, were216.58±20.86 g/kg DM of crude protein,10.99±0.59 MJ/kg DM Metabolizable energy, 4.55±1.23 g/kg DM calcium and 10.16±1.16 g/kg DM of phosphorusand were differed significantly (P0.05)across the production subsystems.The overall mean nutrient supply per kg of milk yield through home-mixed concentrates4.73±0.70 MJ metabolizable energy, 1.98±0.62 g calcium and 4.36±0.73 g phosphorus and varied significantly (P

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