EFFECT OF REPLACING TOTAL PROTEIN REQUIREMENT OF ADULT CATTLE BY Moringa oleifera ON DIGESTIBILITY OF NUTRIENTS

M.N. CHAUDHARY¹*, M.A. SHEKH², P.R. PANDYA³, P. DAS^4
1Animal Nutrition Research Station, Veterinary and Dairy Science Unit, Anand Agricultural University, Anand, 388110, Gujarat, India
²Animal Nutrition Research Station, Veterinary and Dairy Science Unit, Anand Agricultural University, Anand, 388110, Gujarat, India
³Animal Nutrition Research Station, Veterinary and Dairy Science Unit, Anand Agricultural University, Anand, 388110, Gujarat, India
⁴Animal Nutrition Research Station, Veterinary and Dairy Science Unit, Anand Agricultural University, Anand, 388110, Gujarat, India
* Corresponding Author : chaudharymosam212@gmail.com

Received : 07-11-2022     Accepted : 28-11-2022     Published : 30-11-2022
Volume : 14     Issue : 11       Pages : 11905 - 11907
Int J Agr Sci 14.11 (2022):11905-11907

Keywords : Cattle, Moringa oleifera, Digestibility, Nutrients
Academic Editor : A. A. Shahane
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Authors are thankful to Animal Nutrition Research Station, Veterinary and Dairy Science Unit, Anand Agricultural University, Anand, 388110, Gujarat, India
Author Contribution : All authors equally contributed

The maintenance study was planned to determine the effect of feeding Moringa oleifera on nutrient digestibility in adult cattle. Fourteen adult cattle were randomly divided into two groups on the basis of their body weight viz., T1 (control): TMR (Wheat straw - 70 % and Concentrate-30 %) and T2 (Treatment): Control TMR + Green Moringa oleifera (replacing 20% of total protein requirement of animal from green Moringa oleifera). The body weight of cattle was maintained throughout the experiment. The daily dry matter intake (kg) was found non-significant in both the groups, whereas dry matter intake (kg/100 kg BW and g/kg W0.75) was significantly higher in control group. The average digestibility coefficients (%) of dry matter (DM), organic matter (OM), crude protein (CP), crude fiber (CF), nitrogen free extract (NFE) was statistically similar, whereas digestibility (%) of ether extract (EE) increased significantly (P<0.05) in treatment group. The digestibility (%) of NDF, ADF, cellulose and hemicellulose were also statistically similar among the groups. Thus, from the above study we can conclude that the Moringa oleifera has no effect on digestibility of nutrients but improve the EE digestibility

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