STUDIES ON DRY MATTER INTAKE, WATER METABOLISM AND MILK COMPOSITION IN LACTATING BUFFALOES AND COWS

摘要

Experiments were conducted for measuring water requirement and feed consumption in 20 animals 10 each of lactating Murrah buffaloes and Haryana cows. There was significant difference (P < 0.01) in the water requirement between both the species of animals. The metabolic water production and insensible water loss were significantly higher (P < 0.05) in buffaloes than cows. Significant (P < 0.05) differences were observed in the dry matter consumption between the two species of animals. Average daily milk production was 8.38 ± 0.34 kg and 5.63 4 ± 0.27 kg in buffaloes and cows respectively. Milk production and its composition were significantly higher in buffalloes than in cows.