Effect of mineral mixture on growth performance of post weaning growing kids

An on-farm experiment was conducted to assess the effect of the mineral mixture on the growth performance of goats. 60 growing kids of Non-descript local breeds were randomly distributed in three groups (FP, T1, T2). The growing kids were fed as per the farmer's practices along with supplementation of NIANP mineral mixture and TANUVAS sheep and goat mineral mixture @ 10g/goat/day through water for 90 days. The results of the present study revealed that supplementation of mineral mixtures non significantly improve final body weight, total body weight gain and average daily gain compared to farmers practice. The BCR of the TANUVAS sheep and goat mineral mixture was higher than the NIANP goat mineral mixture and farmers practice. The results of the present study showed that the growing kids reared under grazing with groundnut haulms supplemented with TANUVAS sheep and goat mineral mixture showed higher economic return compared to NIANP goat mineral mixture and farmers practice.