Question

Write a note on cattle feed.

Answer 1

Cattle feed is a balanced source of essential nutrients required for body maintenance, growth and milk production (milk-producing cattle) of cattle.

The animal feed includes two types of substances :

$\left(i\right)$ Roughage: It largely contains fibres such as green fodder, silage, hay (straw of cereals) and legumes.

$\left(ii\right)$ Concentrates: It is used in feed of cattle and buffaloes are a mixture of substances which are rich in one or more of the nutrients. Concentrates are low in fibres and contain relatively high proteins and other nutrients. Concentrates include cotton seeds, oil seeds, grains of maize, oats, barley, jowar, bajra, gram and their byproducts such as wheat bam, rice, gram husk & oil seed cakes.