M. A. Baset
Sylhet Government Veterinary College, Sylhet-31 00, Bangladesh
M. M. Rahman
Livestock Training Institute, Sylhet-31 00, Bangladesh
M. S. Islam
Sylhet Government Veterinary College, Sylhet-31 00, Bangladesh
G. B. Das
Sylhet Government Veterinary College, Sylhet-31 00, Bangladesh
A. Ara
Sylhet Government Veterinary College, Sylhet-31 00, Bangladesh
ABSTRACT
Cattle fattening for beef production have become an important business of the small former in Bangladesh. In few areas of Bangladesh a small scale commercial beef fattening program has already been started. Straw is the important crop residue; contribute the major portion of the fibrous part of the diet of the beef cattle. Rice straw is the basal feed for ruminants with low nutritive value and low digestibility. Farmers use rice straw of traditional verities, green grass, sugarcane tops, wheat and rice bran, molasses, pulses bran and locally available resources such as pumpkin, carrot, bananas, vegetables by products, rice gruel, boiled rice bran, oil cakes etc., for beef fattening. The chemical treatment of straw is the most effective and economic method to improving the quality. Straw is mainly treated with urea and molasses and in some cases chemical treatment also done by the former. Urea molasses straw treatment in beef cattle resulted higher body weight, dressing percentage and also in better carcass quality than untreated straw. The acute shortage of feeds and fodder has long been identified as a serious constraint to optimum livestock production in Bangladesh. The nutritional factor is considered a major constraint to livestock productivity. Traditional grazing field is a scarce except in some pockets in Pabna and Sylph districts. Farmers used three years old cattle for beef fattening and maximum growth rate between 1.1 year to 1.4 years of age. Cattle fattening period is 4.5 months in rural areas of Bangladesh.
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M. A. Baset, M. M. Rahman, M. S. Islam, G. B. Das and A. Ara, 2002. Beef Cattle Production in Bangladesh - A Review. Journal of Biological Sciences, 2: 429-435.
DOI: 10.3923/jbs.2002.429.435
URL: https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=jbs.2002.429.435
DOI: 10.3923/jbs.2002.429.435
URL: https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=jbs.2002.429.435
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