Vol. 12, Special Issue 12 (2023)

Author(s):
Minal Tajne, Dr. RA Patil, Sumit Gawali, Dr. DV Bainwad, Akanksha Chavan and Pratiksha Dakhore

Abstract:
The experiment was conducted on Effect of replacing groundnut cake with guar meal on growth performance of osmanabadi weaned kids. In the present investigation total 20 kids were selected and distributed in five treatments with four kids in each treatment. The selected experimental goat kids were grouped in 5 groups viz; T₁ (Average age: 3 month and weight: 12.50 kg), T₂ (Average age: 3 month and weight: 12.69 kg), T₃ (Average age: 3 month and weight: 12.54 kg), T₄ (Average age: 3 month and weight: 12.69 kg) and T₅ (Average age: 3 month and weight: 12.84 kg) respectively. Treatment T₁ contain 100 percent groundnut cake whereas T₂, T₃, T₄ and T₅ contains 25% replace with guar meal, 50% replace with guar meal, 75% replace with guar meal and 100% guar meal, respectively. Analysis carried out by Complete Randomized Design. Haemato-biochemical parameters viz, total protein, serum albumin, serum globulin, RBC count, WBC count and haemoglobin are also showed non significant to each others.