Vol. 11, Special Issue 12 (2022)

Author(s):
Kirti R Makwana, Deendayal Garg, Harish H Svasani, Ghanshyam P Sabapara, Mitesh R Chavda, Jignesh A Chavda, Dilip G Waghmashi, Yash G Kansagara, Bhargav K Kansagara, Sneh D Patel and Sanket Kalam

Abstract:
The health and productivity of livestock are closely related to quantum of quality forage feed provided to the animals. For ruminant animals, roughages are the main source of feed. These are rich in fibrous portion which has low digestibility. There are several methods to improve the efficiency of utilization of roughages. The present study was envisaged to study the effect of in vitro evaluation of graded levels of chitosan in total mixed ration. Total mixed ration was prepared by using wheat straw and concentrate in the ratio of 60:40 and was used as substrates for experiment. Chitosan was added at the level 0, 0.1, 0.2 0.5 and 1% of TMR. Statistical analysis revealed IVDMD, In vitro total gas production, TDOMR, total nitrogen, TVFA and ammonia nitrogen were significantly increased at 0.5% chitosan level in TMR as compared to control.