?USE OF FILTER CAKE IN ANIMAL DIET PART 1.EFFECT OF USING FILTER CAKE IN THE DIET ON THE WEIGHT GAIN OF YOUNG BUFFALO CALVES

Authors

  • Akhtar Ali Agricultural Research Institute, Faisalabad, Pakistan
  • Muhammad Yasin Ahmad Ayub Agricultural Research Institute, Faisalabad, Pakistan
  • Muhammad Ibrahim Ayub Agricultural Research Institute, Faisalabad, Pakistan
  • Ajmal Khan Ayub Agricultural Research Institute, Faisalabad, Pakistan
  • Nisar Ahmad Ayub Agricultural Research Institute, Faisalabad, Pakistan

Keywords:

Filter cake, Buffalo calves, Diet.

Abstract

To economize the feeding expenditure, a mixture of filter cake (a sugar industry by-product) and cotton seed
cake in addition to other feed ingredients, was fed to the young buffalo calves. In addition, the animals were
fed on maize fodder in Kharif season (summer) and berseem in Rabi season (winter) ad-libitum. The duration
of experiments varied from 121 to 150 days. In all the experiments, weight gained by the animals increased
with increasing quantity of filter cake in the diet. The trend in weight gain due to treatments remained almost
similar and filter cake containing diet gave higher weight gains over pure cotton seed cake. Weight gain(%)
by animals receiving pure cotton seed cake varied from 18.1 to 24.7 %, whereas filter cake containing diets
gave 20.6 to 37.7% weight gain.

Published

1998-02-16

How to Cite

Ali, A., Ahmad, M. Y., Ibrahim, M., Khan, A., & Ahmad, N. (1998). ?USE OF FILTER CAKE IN ANIMAL DIET PART 1.EFFECT OF USING FILTER CAKE IN THE DIET ON THE WEIGHT GAIN OF YOUNG BUFFALO CALVES. Biological Sciences - PJSIR, 41(1), 28–31. Retrieved from http://v2.pjsir.org/index.php/biological-sciences/article/view/2225

Issue

Vol. 41 No. 1 (1998): Pakistan Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research

Section

Articles