Feeding
Nutrient requirement for growing lambs
Body wt (kg) |
Rate of gain (g/day) |
Dry matter intake (g) |
DCP (g) |
ME (k.cal) |
Ca (g) |
P (g) |
10 |
50 |
400 |
35 |
0.86 |
2 |
1.5 |
100 |
450 |
45 |
1.00 |
2.5 |
2.5 |
|
150 |
500 |
55 |
1.15 |
3.0 |
2.0 |
|
15 |
50 |
500 |
45 |
1.08 |
2.8 |
2.0 |
100 |
600 |
55 |
1.30 |
3.5 |
2.5 |
|
150 |
700 |
65 |
1.62 |
4.5 |
3 |
|
20 |
50 |
700 |
50 |
1.44 |
3.5 |
2.5 |
100 |
800 |
70 |
2.01 |
4.5 |
3.0 |
|
150 |
1,000 |
80 |
2.30 |
5.5 |
3.5 |
|
25 |
50 |
800 |
65 |
1.80 |
4.5 |
3.0 |
100 |
1,200 |
85 |
2.52 |
5.0 |
3.5 |
|
150 |
1,400 |
100 |
2.88 |
6.0 |
4.0 |
1g = TDN = 3.6 k Cal (Source: Central Sheep and Wool Research Institute, Avikanagar)
Nutrient requirement of sheep* for maintenance
Body wt. |
Dry matter intake (kg) |
DCP (g) |
ME (k.Cal) |
Ca (g) |
P (g) |
20 |
0.56 |
25 |
1.03 |
1.7 |
1.0 |
25 |
0.70 |
31 |
1.27 |
2.1 |
1.6 |
30 |
0.83 |
37 |
1.52 |
2.4 |
1.9 |
35 |
0.95 |
42 |
1.72 |
2.6 |
2.1 |
40 |
1.06 |
47 |
1.93 |
2.9 |
2.3 |
45 |
1.17 |
51 |
2.09 |
3.2 |
2.5 |
*Adult ewes, which are non-lactating and are not over of 15 week of gestation period
(Source - Central Sheep and Wool Research Institute, Avikanagar)