Black Bengal goats are dwarf meat type goats usually distributed
in Bangladesh and its surrounding areas in India. They are popular
for their adaptability in hot and humid environment, high prolificacy, delicious meat and skin softness. Low milk yield and short
lactation length are often recorded as major challenges for rearing
their kids. Insufficient milk produced by the doe is a major limiting
factor responsible for higher kid mortality. Thus artificial feeding
(bottle feeding) of new born is essential to overcome the scarcity
of milk produced by dams. Due to the high cost of and demand
for cow milk, artificial rearing of kids with milk replacers has been
considered an economic and alternate way to save the kids. It is
difficult to find an acceptable alternate to milk protein, the major
costly ingredient of milk replacer