. m • .-vo"i9.i1l U on ANIMAL NUTRITION AND FEEDING (Sponsored under Indo-China Exchange Programme 1992-93 for national from P.R. China by ICCR/ICAR/NORI) Compiled alld Edited by : Dr. P.P. ATREJA, Senior Scientist-cum-Course Cooidinator for International Training Programme Divison of Dairy Cattle Nutrition N~TlONAL DAIRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE (Deemed University) KARNAL-132001 (Haryana) INDIA 1 993 FOREWORD The livest0ck. lt1 gener al, and cattle and buffal...1 1n deve lJping c0untries. This sh0uld be true a Lsu fvr China ~ ... Ilich hAS 76.9 milliJn cattle and 21 .4 mi.l1i ..m buffalves (F.A.O., 1980). Tilt' cattle and buffal.., serve as S0urces fur \.,1,Jrk and prvductiJn (both milk and meat) . The 10\" pTvductivity Jf these animals 15 a ser10US prJblem faced by the developi ng wJrld. The cat tle and buffRi0es 0f India and China are 00 exceptiJn tv this. Nutrit i...m plays key Yule tv lmpr0ve and sustain the pr0ductivity vi animals . India tried t ..) r,)p!' lip \.,Iith !.Ill' nculv ~lt.lr·'·:lr.~' ,)f r\'.'d~ iwd [udders by {ltil , .·;I11~'. the available fpt~d ,-eS ..l IJrCPS judic l,)IJsly . Animal NutritiJni st.s havl-' res,Jurces and var. hlUS CT0P residues thruugh cump,Junded feeds . The expertise ,J[ theE:e scientists needs t~) be shared with the (,~lllntri4:::'s , The present coJmpendium 1S an ,Jutline vf le,I cture nutes 0n varJ.,JUS aspects vf Animal Nutriti vn and Feeding gii"en t,J Nr . Feng Dingyuan, a visiting Scienti st [rum China, 'vh0 spent j abou t <-"ne year .:1t N<:lti <-lI1ly sincere thanks are due tv Dr.S.C.Sarma, Direct.Jr, NDRI, ftJr pr.:lViding necessary facilities. The help III Dr.D.D.Sharma, Head, D.C .N. and Dr.T.Prasad, Principal Scientist in planning and execution

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