Urea Molasses Mineral Block – to enhance crop residue utilization To improve the utilization of crop residues-based rations, NDDB has developed the Urea Molasses Mineral Block (UMMB) in the form of lick. NDDB assisted dairy cooperatives in installation of UMMB plants. UMMB provides the animal with a continuous source of fermentable nitrogen, energy and minerals. … Continue reading Urea Molasses Mineral Block Licks (UMMB)
NDDB has developed important supplements for tackling the problems of mastitis in female cattle and sub optimal fertility in male cattle. The details are given below: A. Mastitis supplement: This supplement is useful as a supportive therapy for addressing the issue of subclinical mastitis. It contains inter alia macro minerals in chelated form along with… Continue reading Special supplements for addressing mastitis and improving bull fertility
Bypass Fat Supplement – to minimize negative energy balance Rations of high-yielding animals are usually deficient in energy, resulting in considerable loss of body weight after calving. This affects the reproductive performance and lactation yield of the animals. Further, if unprotected fat is fed in higher amounts, the digestion of fibre in the rumen is… Continue reading Bypass Fat Supplement
Samvriddhi – to improve quality of milk Low levels of fat and SNF in milk often lead to significant economic losses to milk producers. To address this specific issue, NDDB has developed a feed supplement called ‘Samvriddhi.’ Feeding ‘Samvriddhi’ improves milk yield, fat and SNF content. Dosage: 250g per day per animal.
Pashu Sheetvardhak – to combat heat stress High ambient temperature and relative humidity lead to heat stress in dairy animals, causing reduced dry matter intake, leading to decreased productivity. NDDB has developed a supplement called ‘Pashu Sheetvardhak’ to combat heat stress. It helps in minimizing productivity losses, improves milk yield and fat content. Dosage: 350g… Continue reading Pashu Sheetvardhak
Dairy animals have four compartments in its stomach. The first and the foremost is ‘rumen’ where most of the feed items are degraded. Around 60 to 70 per cent of dietary protein meals fed to animals are degraded to ammonia in the rumen. A significant part of this ammonia is excreted through urine in the… Continue reading Bypass Protein Supplement
Minerals are required by dairy animals for their metabolic functions, growth, milk production, reproduction and health. Animal cannot synthesise minerals inside its body and usually feeds and fodders fed to the dairy animals do not provide all the minerals in the required quantity. Therefore, animal should be supplemented with adequate amount of good quality mineral… Continue reading Area Specific Mineral Mixture
