National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692
Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
Calf morbidity and mortality represent major financial losses for many dairy producers. The primary cause of calf mortality is diarrhea caused by intestinal bacterial infections. Traditionally, formulated antibiotics have been used as preventive treatments. However, as consumer concern about antibiotic resistance has increased, interest in alternative supplements has grown. Prebiotics are non-digestible food ingredients when taken sufficiently, selectively stimulate the growth and activity of one or a limited number of microbes in the gut that can improve the host health. In this trial twenty eight Murrah buffalo calves (7-10 d old and 31±2kg) were randomly selected and divided into four groups. All the four groups were fed as per ICAR (2013) feeding schedule except that these were additionally supplemented with 0, 8, 16 and 24 g/d chicory root powder (in the four respective groups i. e. T0, T1, T2, T3) for 90 days. Results showed that the ADG, total DMI, final body length and heart girth was significantly higher in treatment groups as compare to control. There is no significant difference observe in the wither height and hip height. Thus, it may be concluded that the supplementation of chicory root powder (8, 16 and 24g) may be useful for enhancing health status and performance of calves.
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