Effect of grooming and bathing on milk yield and milk composition in crossbred cows during summer season

Abstract

The experiment was carried out on 20 healthy crossbred cows divided in four groups of 5 animals each based on nearly similar age and lactation period. Four groups of grooming and bathing were adopted in the study liz control, groomed and bathed once, groomed twice and bathed once, and groomed and bathed twice a day. All cows were kept under same feeding schedule for 10 days under preliminary period to adapt the test diet followed by 60 days experimental period for records. The data were analyzed statistically. The results of study were revealed that the mean of Milk yield, Milk fat percent, Total solid and solid not fat were significantly (P