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Title
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Assessment of Feeding of pre-treated straws for milk production in Desi cows
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Crop & Variety
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Dairy
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Season & Year
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Round the year
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Problem
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Low milk production
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Thematic area
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Feed Management
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Farmer Practice
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Dependent upon extensive grazing and straw feeding (non treated)
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TO1
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Chaffed water soaked straw feeding
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TO2
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Chaffed alkali treated straw feeding
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TO3
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Chaffed Urea treated straw feeding
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Source of technology
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Source : Technical Bulletin NIANP, 2012, ICAR-IARI, Annual Report, 2016-17
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Characteristics of TO1
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T O1 Soaking chaffed straw in water for 30 min and draining the red water and washing with fresh water and feed to the cow (6-8kg/day)
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Characteristics of TO2
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T O 2 Soaking chaffed straw in alkaline water (1%) for 30 min and draining the red water and washing with fresh water and feeding to the cow (6-8kg/day)
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Characteristics of TO3
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T O 3 4kg urea in 10 l of water/100kg straw (2-3 cm). Stored in airtight condition for 3 wks. 3O min before feeding the feed need to be exposed to air to remove the smell
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Area
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6
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No. of Demonstrations
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6
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Parameters to be observed
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Milk Yield, Health status, Cost of Intervention, Additional income over additional investment, BC Ratio
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