Materials and Methods
Twenty-four crossbred lactating goats (2nd to 3rd stage of
lactation) were selected from the Cattle Yard of National
Dairy Research Institute, Karnal, India and distributed randomly
into four groups of six each. The distribution of the
animals was done on the basis of average milk yield
(1.61 ± 0.004 kg/day) and body weight (36.10 ± 0.11 kg).
The experimental feeding period was of 12 months. The
details of the treatments were as follows.