DAIRYING IN GUJARAT
A Statistical Profile
2013
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PART VI:
FEED RESOURCES
TABLE VI.7: District-wise Feed Consumption – Buffalo
(kg/animal)
Buffalo
Year
Green Fodder
Dry Fodder
Concentrate
Summer
Monsoon
Winter
All
Summer
Monsoon
Winter
All
Summer
Monsoon
Winter
All
In-milk
1997-98
9.3 14.0 10.8 11.4 11.0 7.3 11.4 9.9 2.4 3.1 3.5 3.0
2003-04 10.4 13.7 11.1 11.7 10.7 7.4 10.3 9.5 2.1 2.4 2.4 2.3
2006-07 10.6 13.7 10.3 11.5 11.5 7.0 10.1 9.5 2.5 2.4 2.5 2.5
2007-08 12.2 13.7 11.6 12.5 11.8 7.6 9.6 9.7 2.5 2.4 2.5 2.5
2008-09 11.8 12.0 11.4 11.7 11.4 8.4 9.9 9.9 2.6 2.6 3.2 2.8
2009-10 10.9 12.8 11.8 11.8 11.1 8.5 9.5 9.7 2.7 2.8 2.7 2.7
2010-11 10.4 12.9 10.8 11.3 10.6 7.4 9.6 9.2 2.5 2.6 3.0 2.7
2011-12 10.5 13.0 10.7 11.4 10.6 8.6 11.1 10.1 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.7
Dry & Not Calved
Even Once
1997-98
6.2 10.9 7.0 8.0 8.8 5.4 9.2 7.8 1.9 1.5 2.6 2.0
2003-04
8.1 9.7 8.2 8.7 9.1 5.6 11.0 8.6 2.1 1.7 1.7 1.8
2006-07
6.7 9.6 7.7 8.0 8.5 4.8 7.2 6.8 1.6 2.6 1.3 1.8
2007-08
8.9 10.0 8.3 9.1 9.0 6.1 8.1 7.7 1.4 2.3 1.2 1.6
2008-09
9.5 10.7 8.8 9.7 8.7 9.7 8.3 8.9 3.8 4.0 2.5 3.5
2009-10
8.7 9.9 9.3 9.3 8.9 6.6 7.9 7.8 2.3 4.1 2.5 3.0
2010-11
7.4 9.6 8.2 8.4 8.9 5.9 7.9 7.6 2.5 2.9 2.9 2.8
2011-12
7.4 10.1 8.0 8.5 8.9 6.7 9.0 8.2 2.2 3.9 2.1 2.7
Young
1997-98
2.8 4.1 3.1 3.3 3.7 2.3 3.2 3.1 0.0 1.5 1.5 1.0
2003-04
3.1 4.1 2.8 3.3 3.1 2.3 3.1 2.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2006-07
3.1 3.9 3.0 3.3 3.3 2.6 3.1 3.0
1.3 0.7 1.0
2007-08
3.1 3.5 3.2 3.3 3.4 2.6 2.9 3.0 0.6 0.6 1.0 0.7
2008-09
3.2 3.4 2.9 3.2 3.4 2.6 2.9 3.0 4.1 1.1 2.2 2.5
2009-10
3.2 3.3 3.2 3.2 3.5 2.2 3.0 2.9 0.8 0.6 0.5 0.6
2010-11
3.0 3.5 3.0 3.2 3.5 2.4 3.1 3.0 2.4 1.2 0.0 1.2
2011-12
3.1 3.6 3.1 3.3 3.4 2.5 3.2 3.0 0.5 0.6 0.0 0.4
Adult Male
1997-98
8.0 10.2 8.4 8.9 12.4 6.7 11.8 10.3 2.0 4.0 2.3 2.8
2003-04
0.0 7.2 13.3 6.8 13.3 3.2 8.0 8.2 0.0 4.0 3.5 2.5
2006-07
8.0 9.4 5.7 7.7 11.4 8.5 8.3 9.4
3.0 1.3 2.2
2007-08
6.1 4.8 8.1 6.3 9.8 6.1 7.6 7.8 1.0 2.0 2.0 1.7
2008-09
9.4 10.1 7.1 8.8 6.8 6.1 7.6 6.9 4.5 0.0 2.0 2.2
2009-10
6.5 11.9 6.7 8.4 9.4 6.1 5.7 7.1 4.0 1.3 3.0 2.8
2010-11
8.5 17.1 17.1 14.2 10.2 9.5 10.6 10.1 0.0 2.0 0.4 0.8
2011-12
7.9 8.4 8.3 8.2 10.3 7.2 7.9 8.5 2.0 2.7 3.0 2.6
SOURCE: Survey Reports on Estimates of Major Livestock Products, Directorate of Animal Husbandry, Gujarat State, Gandhinagar.