Classification of Goat Feed
 Like the food of other domestic animals, goat feed should contain proper amount of protein, fat, minerals and vitamins. Goats usually drink less water than other livestock animals. Always try to provide them fresh and clean water. The types of goat feed are described.


  1. Roughage

>      These types of feed contain more than 18% fibre and less than 60% total digestible nutrient.
>      Roughage for goats is of two types. Dry roughage and succulent roughage. Succulent roughage contains 75-95% water.
>      Grasses, maize, Napier, jack fruit leaf, cabbage, vigna sinensis, pulse etc. are the source of green roughage.
>      Goats are ruminants and they can take nutrition easily form roughage feed






  2. Concentrate Feed

>      Grainy feed or feed mixer is easily digestible and enriched with various types of nutritious ingredients such as protein, carbohydrate and fat.
>      This type of goat feed contains less water and less than 18% fiber. Total digestible nutrient is less than 60%.
>      The main sources of grainy goat feed are pulse, wheat, maize, rice, gram, pea, triticum aestivus, potato etc. Besides these, mustered cake, sesame cake, molasses, agricultural by products etc. are also good as grainy goat feed source.
>      For making balanced and nutritious goat feed, you need to mix different types of vitamins and minerals in the grainy feed.





  3. Balanced goat feed

>     The food which contains all nutrient ingredients in proper ratio and quantity to meet up the demand of goat’s body is known as ‘balanced goat feed.
>     Every goat needs quality nutritious food for healthy live and better production. If your goats do not get balanced feed, then they will not get nutritious ingredients according to their demand.