C. R. Ananthasubramaniam ¹, George Mathen ¹, A. D. Mercy ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Nutrition, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Mannuthy, IN

Abstract

Preliminary studies carried out with spent anatto seed, a byproduct of the dye industry have shown that the material possesses a DCP of 7.9 and a TDN of 67.2 and that it can form a potential feed source for livestock.

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T. V. Viswanathan ¹, C. R. Ananthasubramaniam ¹, Maggie Menachery ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Nutrition, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Mannuthy, IN

Abstract

In a country like India where there is a shortage of concentrate and fodder for livestock, exploitation of the several available agricultural by-products can make a substantial contribution towards economic feeding of livestock and poultry. Rubber seed cake (RSC) - a by-product of oil industry is one among them.

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Maggie Menachery ¹, C. R. Ananthasubramaniam ¹, A. M. Chandrasekharan Nair ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Nutrition, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Kerala Agricultural University, Mannuthy, Trichur, IN

Abstract

As an export earner, frozen shrimp is the most important marine product in India and she has been ranked as the second major shrimp exporting country in the world. The Marine Products Export Development Authority revealed that the total export of sea-foods during 1976 was 62,151 tonnes earning 179.9 crores of rupees worth foreign exchange. With a coastline of 600 km and 4000 hectares of land suitable for artificial rearing of shrimp, Kerala is first among the states in the production of sea-foods.

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Maggie Menachery ¹, C. R. Ananthasubramaniam ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Nutrition, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Kerala Agricultural University, Mannuthy, IN

Abstract

The prevailing high prices and shortages in the country in almost all constituents of livestock feed had motivated animal feed scientists to explore and experiment with new wested, new conventional products to use them as animal feeds. Rubber seed is one such Agro Industrial product where for its profitable utilization as a non-conventional livestock feed science and technology can be perfected. Over 90 per cent of rubber plantation in India is in Kerala. Based on the statistics available on seed/cake production the total annual availability of rubber seed cake (R. S. C.) in Kerala is calculated to be approximately 37,500 tonnes.

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C. R. Ananthasubramaniam ¹, Maggie Menachery ¹, A. M. Chandrasekharan Nair ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Nutrition, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Kerala Agricultural University, Mannuthy, IN

Abstract

As a part of a comprehensive scheme to evolve economic livestock rations sponsored by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research, several of the agro-industrial by - products, which now go as waste are being subjected to detailed study by feeding them to different species and classes of animals. Jack fruit is one of the popular fruits of India and the tree is grown extensively in west coast, Assam and Bihar. Out of a total area of 16,000 ha under jack cultivation in India, Kerala has 2400 ha. Summer is the season for jack fruit in India. The pericarp of the fruit (jack fruit waste) is a prized cattle feed relished by cattle. The results of preliminary experiments carried out with jack fruit waste to explore its potential as cattle feed are presented in this paper.

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P. K. Naveen ¹, C. R. Ananthasubramaniam ¹, P. A. Devasia ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Nutrition, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Kerala Agricultural University, Mannuthy, IN

Abstract

India's per capita annual consumption of eggs is 11 as compared to the recommendation of one egg per head per day by the Joint Committee of ICMR and ICAR in the proposed balanced diet.

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