Background:
In free-range pasture mineral deficiency occurs due to:
• Keeping the dispenser in a place where animals are not grazing:
• Difficulty in shifting the dispenser due to bigger in size and fixed in a place:
• Competition among the animals:
• Unlimited access to mineral mixture due to excess or unlimited supplement :
• Spoilage of mineral mixture or block due to rain:
• Mismatch of the height at which dispenser is set and animal size:
Technology Details:
The developed device has several features combined into one single unit, catering to the need of livestock owners, for supplementation of mineral mixture to animals. Following features have been provided in the developed device:
• Portable, durable, affordable device :
• Less competition among animals: Setting more number of the dispensers :
• Controlled mineral supplementation in free range system (less wastage):
• Protection of mineral supplements from drenching with rain:
• Respite from supplementation of minerals on daily basis :
• Setting of the dispenser on a tripod, with height adjustment facility, in pasture in free range system or in farm condition:
• The tripod is attached with foot-rest, to facilitate the animals like goat, gazelle, etc. for licking mineral-blocks with bipedal stance: