A Production Report on: Feeding management and body weight of spotted deer in captive condition at Chattogram zoo

Abstract

The study was conducted to know the feeding management, and live weight of spotteddeer, in captive condition, at Chattogram zoo from 24th February to 2nd November, 2021. Information were collected from two groups of spotted deer consisting of 04 Buck in one group and 5 Doe.The experimental study was carried out emphasizing on the feeding management and live weight of spotted deer in captive condition at Chattogram zoo. The average body weight that are found from this study was 4.15kg at birth in male and 3.86 in female, respectively. The average adult body weight was 77 kg and 67 kg in male and female spotted deer, respectively.The deer was fed with the green roughages and concentrated mix. Supplied feeds and metabolic energy were calculated and the values were 8.16 kg/deer/day and 15.138 MJ/deer/day, respectively.