Unit 6 Animal Nutrition

6. Advances in ruminant nutrition. Nutrient requirements. Balanced rations, Feeding of calves, pregnant, work animals and breeding bulls, Strategies for feeding milch animals during different stages of lactation cycle, Effect of feeding on milk composition. 

UPSC PYQs

1. Discuss the formulation of a balanced diet in lactating dairy cattle, pregnant cattle and heifers? (2012)
2. Explain the guidelines to feed high yielder cows? (2015)
3. Write in brief about the feeding schedule for breeding bulls?(2018)
4. Define a balanced ration. Write desirable characteristics of ration? (2018)
5. Give a brief account of feeding of calves from birth to 3 months of age? (2021)
6. How to calculate the protein requirement of growing calves? (2021)
7. Define balanced ration and describe the ideal characteristics of a balanced ration for breeding bulls? (2022)
8. Describe the nutritional factors affecting the composition of milk in dairy cows? (2023)