Urea molasses mineral block is prepared by mixing urea, molasses, mineral mixture and other ingredients in a suitable proportion. It is a readily available source of energy, protein and minerals for the dairy animal. Supplementing an animal with UMMB would provide adequate quantity of these nutrients and slow ingestion of urea leads to efficient microbial… Continue reading Urea Molasses Mineral Block Licks (UMMB)
NDDB has developed important supplements for tackling the problems of mastitis in female cattle and sub optimal fertility in male cattle. The details are given below: A. Mastitis supplement: This supplement is useful as a supportive therapy for addressing the issue of subclinical mastitis. It contains inter alia macro minerals in chelated form along with… Continue reading Special supplements for addressing mastitis and improving bull fertility
Generally, ration of high yielding dairy animals during early lactation is energy deficient. The deficiency is further increased by decreased feed intake and higher quantity of milk production. Under field conditions, animals often shed around 80-100 kg body weight after calving. This leads to delayed conception in animals after calving resulting into longer inter-calving intervals.… Continue reading Bypass Fat Supplement
Milk fat and Solids-Not-Fat (SNF) are important constituents of milk that determine its price. In India the problem of low fat and SNF in milk is quite common and leads to economic losses. Low fat in milk can be caused due to low fat in diet, excessive concentrate feeding, low roughage to concentrate ratio, poor body condition… Continue reading Supplement to improve Fat & SNF in milk (Samvriddhi)
High ambient temperature and relative humidity leads to heat stress in dairy animals. Heat stress causes reduction in dry matter intake and also diversion of nutrients for maintaining physiological parameters, resulting in decreased productivity. NDDB has developed a heat stress supplement named “Pashu Sheetvardhak” for minimising the productivity loss and maintaining the physiological parameters during… Continue reading Supplement to mitigate heat stress (Pashu Sheetvardhak )
Dairy animals have four compartments in its stomach. The first and the foremost is ‘rumen’ where most of the feed items are degraded. Around 60 to 70 per cent of dietary protein meals fed to animals are degraded to ammonia in the rumen. A significant part of this ammonia is excreted through urine in the… Continue reading Bypass Protein Supplement
Minerals are required by dairy animals for their metabolic functions, growth, milk production, reproduction and health. Animal cannot synthesise minerals inside its body and usually feeds and fodders fed to the dairy animals do not provide all the minerals in the required quantity. Therefore, animal should be supplemented with adequate amount of good quality mineral… Continue reading Area Specific Mineral Mixture