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Dairy Cattle Nutrition :: Feed Requirement for Work Bullock
Feed Requirement for Work Bullock


Feeding depends of type work
  • Normal – 2-4 hours
  • Heavy - 8 hours (Ploughing, pulling loaded cart)
Maintenance – 1.5Kg. Concentrate

Body weight (kg)

Normal work (kg)

Heavy work (kg)

  300

2

2.5

  400

2.5

3

  500

3

3.5

  In addition 25 - 30 Kg of green fodder and 5 to 10 Kg of dry fodder should be given

Content Validator: Dr. K. N. Ganesan, Prof & Head , Dept. of Forage Crops, TNAU, Coimbatore.
Updated on Apr 2023