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- Title
FEEDING PRACTICES OF CART PULLING HORSES IN KASHMIR VALLEY.
- Authors
Bhat, S. H.; Ahmed, H. A.; Medhi, D.; Ganai, A. M.
- Abstract
A study was carried out in three districts of Kashmir valley viz, Srinagar, Anantnag and Ganderbal, two tehsils in each regarding existing feeding practices of cart pulling horses during winter months. Most commonly used feeds and fodders offered to the animal were wheat bran, rice bran, crushed maize, oat hay and paddy straw. It was observed that all the farmers fed concentrates three times a day. Mostly the farmers used to prepare home made concentrate mixture by blending locally available concentrate ingredients. Feeding of oil seed cake was not a common practice and no farmer was found using the mineral mixture in the ration of their horses. It was also observed that cart pulling horses in the valley got sufficiently higher nutrients than NRC recommended levels in all the districts of the valley.
- Subjects
KASHMIR, Vale of (India); INDIA; HORSE feeding &; feeds; WHEAT bran; RICE bran as feed; CORN as feed
- Publication
Indian Journal of Field Veterinarians, 2012, Vol 7, Issue 4, p57
- ISSN
0973-3175
- Publication type
Article