Vol. 12, Issue 3 (2023)

Author(s):
YG Patel, SV Shah, PR Pandya, KN Wadhwani and DJ Parmar

Abstract:
Farm born Surti kids (n=24) were offered TMR having Moringa oleifera meal which was replaced with compound concentrate mixture to observe feed intake and growth performance The experiment was carried out for 154 days at Livestock Farm Complex, Veterinary College, KU, Anand by dividing animals in to four treatment groups and offered TMR having composition of 70% Jowar Hay + 30% Compound Concentrate mixture (CCM; T₁), 70% Jowar Hay + 22.5% Compound Concentrate mixture + 7.5% Moringa oleifera meal (T₂; 25% replacement), 70% Jowar Hay + 15% Compound Concentrate mixture + 15% Moringa oleifera meal (T₃; 50% replacement) and 70% Jowar Hay + 30% Moringa oleifera meal (T₄; 100% replacement). The average DMI (g/d) of all the Surti kids was recorded as 570.08±18.82, 615.11±15.15, 558.06±17.29 and 643.53±13.98 for T₁, T₂, T₃ and T₄ groups, respectively. Significantly higher (p<0.05) average DMI (% BW) was recorded in T₂ (3.87±0.06) and T₄ (3.85±0.05) groups compared to T₃ (3.55±0.07) and T₁ (3.44±0.06). The average FCR of experimental kids was similar in different treatment with 24.53±4.82, 21.25±3.82, 34.71±7.08 and 19.64±3.37 in T₁, T₂, T₃ and T₄ groups, respectively. The average daily body weight gain (g/head/d) of kids in different experimental groups was recorded at par viz., T₁ (72.44±7.69), T₂ (67.13±6.06), T₃ (60.76±6.89) and T₄ (66.10±5.35).