Impact of urea-based diets on production of Red Chittagong Cattle

Authors

  • MA Habib Department of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Faculty of Animal Husbandry, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh
  • MS Hossain Department of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Faculty of Animal Husbandry, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh
  • AKFH Bhuiyan Department of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Faculty of Animal Husbandry, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3329/bvet.v26i2.4954

Keywords:

urea, Red Chittagong Cattle

Abstract

The production traits of Red Chittagong Cattle (RCC) were studied using two diets: A [Urea-molasses-rice straw (UMRS), Green Grass and Concentrate] and B [Rice straw, Green Grass and Concentrate]. In cows fed diets A and B, birth weights of calves were 15.2 and 14.1 kg (P<0.05), daily milk yield 2.0 and 2.0 kg (P>0.05), lactation length 254.8 and 247.1 days (P>0.05), age at first oestrus 28.4 and 25.6 months (P<0.05), number of services per pregnancy 1.6 and 2.5 (P<0.05), onset of postpartum oestrus 141.3 and 109.3 days (P<0.05), calving interval 14.2 and 13.3 months (P<0.05), semen volume per ejaculation 3.0 and 3.7 ml (P<0.05), mass activity of sperm 58.6 and 68.4% (P<0.01) and sperm concentration 709.1 and 1289.0 million/ml (P<0.01), respectively.

DOI: 10.3329/bvet.v26i2.4954

Bangl. vet. 2009. Vol. 26, No. 2, 74-79

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Habib, M., Hossain, M., & Bhuiyan, A. (2010). Impact of urea-based diets on production of Red Chittagong Cattle. Bangladesh Veterinarian, 26(2), 74–79. https://doi.org/10.3329/bvet.v26i2.4954

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Vol. 26 No. 2 (2009)

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