Fodders and Feeds

Fodders
Napier grass
• Less Leaf width.
• Stock length is more.
• Panicle emergence can be seen.
Hybrid napier
• Leaf width is more
• Lesser Inter-nodal length
• Thick stock
• No Panicle emergence
Anjan grass
• loose ashy grey
panicle
• Short stature
Guinea grass
• thread like panicles
Lemon grass
• Used in the
preparation of tea
• Smells like a lime
fruit
Para grass
• Short leaves
• Grass spreads on
the ground
• Zig-zag stature
Rhodes grass
• Thin needle like
stock
• Panicle emerges
from a single point
Stylo santhes
• Alternate leaf
arrangement
• Dicot, herbaceous
Plant
• spreads on the
ground
 feeds
azolla
• Water fern
• Protein rich
Jaggery
• Used to enrich the
fodder
silage
• Fermented feed
• Made up of
matured green
plants
• Enriched with salt
jaggery and urea
Mineral mixture
• Includes maize,
soybean, pigeon
pea seeds- pellets,
rice husk etc
Lime stone
• Crushed lime rock
• Used as poultry
feed
Castor cake
• Dark black color
Cotton cake
• Loose structure
• Cotton fibers can
be seen
Groundnut cake
• Very hard structure
• Pinkish to brown
color
Neem seed cake
Traces of neem
seed/broken seeds
can be seen
Pongamia cake
• Traces of pongamia
broken seed can be
observed
• Loose structure
Instruments and structures
Animal syringe
Artificial insemination gun/ AI gun
Semen straw
Animal thermometer
Burdizo castrator
Butyrometer
Stopper and key
Poultry waterer
Poultry waterer
Poultry feeder
Dehorner
Dibudder/dehorner
Ear tag
Egg box
Egg plate
Egg tray
Hoof trimmer
Horse hoe
Lactometer
Milk plunger
Sampling dip/ milk sampler
Milking machine
Neck bell
Sheep shearer
Tattoo maker
Tattoo making instruments
Aquarium
Cage type poultry system
Deep litter poultry system
Elevated cage poultry system
Closed type housing system
Loose type housing system
Head to head housing system
Tail to tail housing system
Wallowing pond
Fisheries

catla
• large and broad head, a large
protruding lower jaw, and
upturned mouth.
• It has large, greyish scales on its
dorsal side and whitish on its
belly.
Rohu
• The Rohu fish has a
spindle-shaped
body
• The dorsal side of
the body is blackish
in color and the
ventro-lateral sides
are silvery
Mrigal
• The body is elongated
and streamlined or
laterally compressed
• Greyish green on
dorsal side and silvery
at ventral portion
Vastu fish
Prawn
Crab
Fish catching net