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The present study was conducted to evaluate the effect of inclusion of apple pomace based silage on milk performance of crossbred cows at Dr Y S Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni, Solan, Himachal Pradesh, India. In a feeding trial of 90 days duration, 12 crossbred cows were selected on the basis of their milk yield and were divided into two groups of six animals each. Animals in the control group were fed with the standard feeding practices of the farm i.e., concentrate @ 4kg d-1, wheat straw @ 5 kg d-1 and Grewia optiva tree fodder @ 10 kg d-1. Whereas each animal in the treatment group were given 5 kg silage d-1consisting of maize, apple pomace (AP) and mulberry leaves in the ratio of 80:10:10 in addition to the standard feeding practices adopted. The daily milk yield of the animals in both the groups were taken at fortnightly interval for analysis of milk composition viz. milk fat, specific gravity, milk acidity, solid not fat (SNF) total solids and milk protein. Feeding of apple pomace based silage resulted in 9.95 per cent higher average peak mean milk yield than that of the control group. The average fat, SNF, total solids and protein content in the treatment group were 4.06, 9.19, 13.26 and 3.38 per cent while in the control group, it was 3.89, 8.98, 12.87 and 3.30, respectively. However, no significant difference in the milk acidity and specific gravity were observed. The study concluded that the incorporation of apple pomace based silage @ 5kg animal-1 day-1 improved the milk productivity and quality of milk in lactating crossbred cows.
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Effect of Apple Pomace Based Silage on Lactation Performance of Crossbred Cows
The present study was conducted to evaluate the effect of inclusion of apple pomace based silage on milk performance of crossbred cows at Dr Y S Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni, Solan, Himachal Pradesh, India. In a feeding trial of 90 days duration, 12 crossbred cows were selected on the basis of their milk yield and were divided into two groups of six animals each. Animals in the control group were fed with the standard feeding practices of the farm i.e., concentrate @ 4kg d-1, wheat straw @ 5 kg d-1 and Grewia optiva tree fodder @ 10 kg d-1. Whereas each animal in the treatment group were given 5 kg silage d-1consisting of maize, apple pomace (AP) and mulberry leaves in the ratio of 80:10:10 in addition to the standard feeding practices adopted. The daily milk yield of the animals in both the groups were taken at fortnightly interval for analysis of milk composition viz. milk fat, specific gravity, milk acidity, solid not fat (SNF) total solids and milk protein. Feeding of apple pomace based silage resulted in 9.95 per cent higher average peak mean milk yield than that of the control group. The average fat, SNF, total solids and protein content in the treatment group were 4.06, 9.19, 13.26 and 3.38 per cent while in the control group, it was 3.89, 8.98, 12.87 and 3.30, respectively. However, no significant difference in the milk acidity and specific gravity were observed. The study concluded that the incorporation of apple pomace based silage @ 5kg animal-1 day-1 improved the milk productivity and quality of milk in lactating crossbred cows.
