THE EFFECT OF ALOE VERA ON FEED INTAKE EFFICIENCY AND INTERNAL PARASITE LOAD IN CROSS BRED CALVES

A.K. YADAV¹*, S. KUMAR², R.S.D. BARMAN³, R.K. VERMA⁴, D.K. JHA^5
1Veterinary Doctor, Nawab Wajid Ali Shah Zoological Garden, Lucknow, 226001, Uttar Pradesh, India
²Department of Livestock Production and Management, G. B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, 263153, Uttarakhand, India
³Artificial Breeding Research Centre, ICAR- National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal, 132001, Haryana, India
⁴Department of Veterinary Physiology, Ranchi College of Ceternity Sciences and Animal Husbandry, Birsa Agricultural University, Ranchi, Jharkhand, 834006, India
⁵Scientist B., Rajendra Memorial Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Sadikpur, Patna, 800007, Bihar, India
* Corresponding Author : barman.ravi@rediffmail.com

Received : 11-07-2018     Accepted : 25-07-2018     Published : 30-07-2018
Volume : 10     Issue : 14       Pages : 6696 - 6699
Int J Agr Sci 10.14 (2018):6696-6699

Keywords : Aloe vera, Feed intake, Crossbred Calf, Parasitic load
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Author thankful to G. B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, 263153, Uttarakhand, India
Author Contribution : All author equally contributed

The experiment was conducted at Instructional Dairy Farm, Nagla, G. B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar of district U.S. Nagar, Uttarakhand to see the effect of Aloe vera on feed intake efficiency and internal parasitic load on twelve newborn female crossbred calves. The weekly mean for DMI of crossbred calves fed on ration with or without Aloe vera supplementation. The DMI in the initial phase were almost equal (2.44±0.01, 2.48±0.07 and 2.52±0.01 kg) in control and treatment groups. In the end of experiment DMI in groups were 6.87±0.03, 7.83±0.18 and 9.30±0.15 kg in control, treatment group 1 and treatment group 2 respectively. The results show that the Aloe vera had the statistically significant effect (P<0.05) on DMI in treatment groups. Treatment groups started trend of significantly (P<0.05) higher intake over control from 4th week onwards and retain until the end of experiment. Beside this, treatment group 2 (T2) also showed significantly (P<0.05) higher intake as compare to treatment group 1 (T1) from the same extant. There was no internal parasitic load in groups in the beginning of experiment. At the end of experiment lower egg per gram was observed in treatment group 2(87.5±23.93) as compare to treatment group1 (100±20.41) and control (100±14.43).

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