Volume: 55 Issue: 4
Year: 2024, Page: 680-687, Doi: https://doi.org/10.51966/jvas.2024.55.4.680-687
Received: Feb. 5, 2024 Accepted: June 6, 2024 Published: Dec. 31, 2024
A feeding experiment of 145 days was carried out in crossbred cows to assess the effect of supplementation
of maize and soy lecithin during late gestation on early lactational performance and serum biochemical profile. Fifteen
crossbred dairy cows in eighth month of pregnancy were selected from Cattle Breeding Farm, Thumburmuzhy. The
animals were divided into three groups (T1, T2 and T3) of five animals each and were fed with concentrate mixture (CP-
20 per cent and TDN- 68 per cent) and green grass (ICAR, 2013) throughout the experimental period of 145 days. The
T2 group was supplemented with maize (500 g/day) and T3 was supplemented with soy lecithin (210 g/day) from eighth
month of gestation until the date of calving. The experimental diets offered to animals in T2 and T3 were isocaloric. Milk
production was higher (P<0.05) in the group supplemented with maize (17.1 kg/d) compared to T1 (15.43 kg) and T3
(15.09 kg), while the milk composition remained similar in all the groups. Dietary treatments had no effect (P>0.05) on the
serum biochemical parameters such as serum glucose, cholesterol, total protein, calcium and phosphorous. The study
revealed that supplementation of energy in the form of ground maize during late gestation significantly improved the early
lactational performance of crossbred cows.
Keywords: Energy, maize, soy lecithin, milk production, serum biochemical parameters
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