EFFECT OF DIETARY INCLUSION OF FORMALDEHYDE TREATED GUAR MEAL AND RUMEN PROTECTED FAT ON PLANE OF NUTRITION AND CONCENTRATE: ROUGHAGE INTAKE IN GROWING SURTI BUFFALO CALVES

A.B. PARMAR¹*, D.C. PATEL², A.P. PARMAR³, N.P. SARVAIYA⁴, P.H. PANDYA⁵, P.D. PATEL^6
1Animal Nutrition Research Station, College of Veterinary Science & Animal Husbandry, Kamdhenu University, Anand, 388 001, Gujarat, India
²Department of Animal Science, B. A. College of Agriculture, Anand Agricultural University, Anand, 388 001, Gujarat, India
³Reproductive Biology Research Unit, College of Veterinary Science & Animal Husbandry, Kamdhenu University, Anand, 388 001, Gujarat, India
⁴Reproductive Biology Research Unit, College of Veterinary Science & Animal Husbandry, Kamdhenu University, Anand, 388 001, Gujarat, India
⁵Animal Nutrition Research Station, College of Veterinary Science & Animal Husbandry, Kamdhenu University, Anand, 388 001, Gujarat, India
⁶The Panchamrut Dairy Co-operatives, Sehara, Godhra, 389001, Gujarat, India
* Corresponding Author : dr.abparmar385@gmail.com

Received : 08-10-2022     Accepted : 28-10-2022     Published : 30-10-2022
Volume : 14     Issue : 10       Pages : 11764 - 11767
Int J Agr Sci 14.10 (2022):11764-11767

Keywords : Concentrate, Guar meal, Rumen protected fat, Calves
Academic Editor : Dr R. S. Umakanth
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Authors are thankful to Animal Nutrition Research Station; Reproductive Biology Research Unit, College of Veterinary Science & Animal Husbandry, Kamdhenu University, Anand, 388 001, Gujarat, India and Department of Animal Science, B. A. College of Agriculture, Anand Agricultural University, Anand, 388 001, Gujarat, India
Author Contribution : All authors equally contributed

A feeding trial was conducted to ascertained the effect of dietary inclusion of formaldehyde treated guar meal (FTGM) and rumen protected fat (RPF) on plane of nutrition and concentrate: roughage intake in growing Surti buffalo calves for the 280 days. The calves were fed basal diet including concentrate and roughage as per ICAR (2013) nutrient recommendation. 16 Surti growing buffalo calves were assigned in to 4 dietary treatments (T), T1 (control) which supplied basal diet without any supplement, T2 supplied 30% crude protein (on dry matter basis) in concentrate mixture included with FTGM in basal diet, T3 supplied basal diet along with 100 g RPF and T4 supplied 30% crude protein (on dry matter basis) in concentrate mixture included with FTGM in basal diet + 100 g RPF. The mean dry matter intake (DMI) from concentrate (C) was lower (P?0.05) in T2 and T4 group whereas DMI from roughage (R) was higher (P?0.05) over T1 and T3 group. Maximum reduction in the DMI and crude protein intake (CPI) were recorded in T2 and T4 groups than the recommendation. Results indicated the inclusion of FTGM with or without RPF reduced the concentrate usage without any adverse effect on growth of Surti buffalo calves

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