08-10-2010, 02:49 PM
Inadequate mineral (micro-nutrients) intake by cattle is among the significant factors responsible for their low productivity and deficient fertility. Most cattle owners are least aware of this. This deficiency is more prevalent among animals that graze in the wild or are fed on crop wastes. The number of such bovines is fairly large in India. Steady degradation, besides shrinkage, of grazing tracts has worsened the problem. The animals are, therefore, denied balanced nutrition with adverse impact on their health, productivity and fecundity.
http://www.businessstandard.com/india/ne...ed/404019/
I think this is very important in country like ours where there are not much of green pastures for livestock to graze and they are going around grazing on the road side eating whatever comes to them. Long time back when I was in Assam(1980), I used to talk amongst my peers that how much milk you can expect from these cows who are grazing on waste paper. The yield from cows was hardly a liter or so.
http://www.businessstandard.com/india/ne...ed/404019/
I think this is very important in country like ours where there are not much of green pastures for livestock to graze and they are going around grazing on the road side eating whatever comes to them. Long time back when I was in Assam(1980), I used to talk amongst my peers that how much milk you can expect from these cows who are grazing on waste paper. The yield from cows was hardly a liter or so.