Effect of feeding soybean (Glycine max) straw on feed and water intake of crossbred calves

Abstract

The present investigation entitled “Effect of feeding Soybean (Glycine max) straw on feed and Water intake of crossbred calves.” was undertaken for a period of 90 days. Sixteen crossbred calves were divided into 4 groups. Thus each group was consisted of 4 calves for the study. The differences in respect of feed intake among the treatments indicating that all the calves consumed adequate quantity of feed and the incorporation of soybean straw in the ration of the calves did not influence the feed intake and also noticed that level of soybean straw had effect on the water consumption of calves. The feeding trial was conducted during early months of summer therefore the water intake seems to be higher.