Twenty four Osmanabadi weaned male kids with average live weight of 10.80 kg (5-6 months old) were divided into four equal groups in a Randomized Block Design and fed with water washed neem (Azadirachta indica) seed cake (WWNSC) and salt (2%) sprinkled neem (Azadirachta indica) leaves for 182 days to study the effect on blood parameters, feed conversion efficiency and economics of feeding. The kids (T 0) were fed with control diet without WWNSC and salt sprinkled neem leaves, (T 1) WWNSC (15% DCP) individually, (T 2) salt sprinkled neem leaves individually (15% DCP), (T 3) WWNSC (15% DCP) in combination with salt sprinkled neem leaves (15% DCP) as a protein source along with concentrate mixture, green maize and ad libitum sorghum kadbi. The concentration of blood parameter (Blood glucose, total serum protein and heamoglobin) did not differ significantly (P<0.01) among all treatments groups. However, its concentrations increased throughout experimental period in all treatments group including control. While, Blood urea nitrogen concentration was significantly (P<0.05) higher in group fed with salt sprinkled neem leaves than group fed with WWNSC individually and in combination with salt sprinkled neem leaves while comparable with control groups. The feed conversion efficiency (FCE) for dry matter, DCP and TDN was comparatively higher in groups fed with salt sprinkled neem leaves individually than groups fed with WWNSC individually and in combination with salt sprinkled neem leave when compare with control groups. The feeding cost per kg live weight gain was comparatively less (Rs. 150.73) in group fed with salt sprinkled neem leaves individually than groups fed with control diet (Rs. 164.08) and group fed with WWNSC individually (Rs. 183.10) while comparable to groups fed with WWNSC and salt sprinkled neem leaves (Rs. 157.55) in combination. It concluded that, feeding of salt sprinkled neem leaves individually (15% DCP) was comparatively more economical than rest of all treatments groups without adverse effect on blood parameter.
This study was designed to evaluate efficacy of polyherbal hypocholesterolemic supplement AV/HLP/16 (test compound) on serum and egg yolk cholesterol levels and egg quality parameters in layers. One hundred and twenty healthy White Leghorn (BV 300 strain) of 54 weeks age were randomly divided into four treatments (T 0 , T 1 , T 2 , T 3); subdivided into three replicates with ten birds in each replicate for a period of five weeks (54 th to 58 th weeks of age). T 0 was the control supplied with commercial basal diet without addition of test compound. T 1 , T 2 and T 3 were supplemented with test compound in basal diet @ 1.0, 1.5 and 2.0 kg/ton of feed, respectively. Weekly feed intake, daily egg production, egg weights, egg yolk total cholesterol, egg weight, shape index, yolk weight, albumen weight, shell weight, shell thickness was recorded. Significant reduction in serum cholesterol and egg yolk cholesterol (P<0.05) was observed in treatment groups. Polyherbal AV/HLP/ 16 supplementation in layers did not impart any beneficial or deleterious effect on feed intake, feed efficiency, hen day egg production or egg quality traits viz., egg weight, shape index, yolk weight, and albumen weight except shell thickness. Polyherbal hypocholesterolemic supplement AV/HLP/16 @ 1.0, 1.5 and 2.0 kg per ton of feed reduced egg yolk cholesterol with better egg shell thickness without affecting the performance as well as egg quality parameters in layers.
A field investigation was conducted at experimental farm, Department of Agricultural Meteorology, located at college of Agriculture, V.N.M.K.V, Parbhani during kharif season of 2019-20. The experiment was laid out in RBD with three replication, under this study there were nine treatments viz. T1 (Pigeon pea + Sorghum), T2 (Pigeon pea + Maize), T3 (Pigeon pea + Soybean), T4 (Pigeon pea + Sesamum), T5 (Pigeon pea), T6 (Sorghum), T7 (Maize), T8 (Soybean), T9 (Sesamum). In pigeon pea the highest total agrometeorological indices (GDD, HTU and PTU) accumulated by intercropped treatment T1 as compared to sole, by sorghum, maize and sesamum was highest in intercropped treatment i.e. (T1), (T2) and (T4) than in sole whereas, the accumulated agrometeorological indices by soybean was highest in sole treatment i.e. (T8) than intercropped (T3). Significantly higher Pigeon pea equivalent yield was attained with treatment T3 followed by T4, lowest recorded in T1 intercropping system. The highest stalk / stover yield was attained by T2 as compared to sole whereas, lowest was recorded in T8. Treatment T3 performed better than other and this treatment was better in terms of growth and yield attributing characters.
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