Volume: 55 Issue: 2
Year: 2024, Page: 413-417, Doi: https://doi.org/10.51966/jvas.2024.55.2.413-417
Received: Dec. 22, 2023 Accepted: March 4, 2024 Published: June 30, 2024
A feeding trial of 120 days was conducted to assess the effect of replacement of paddy straw by shredded arecanut spathe in total mixed ration for crossbred calves on growth performance and haematobiochemical parameters. Eighteen female crossbred calves of eight to twelve months of age were selected from Cattle Breeding Farm, Thumburmuzhy and randomly allotted to one of the three experimental groups were fed with complete rations viz., control- paddy straw based complete feed, T1- Complete feed with replacement of 50 per cent paddy straw by areca sheath and T2 – Complete feed with replacement of 100 per cent paddy straw by areca sheath (CP 13%, TDN 60%). All the experimental calves were fed as per ICAR, 2013. Statistically similar (P>0.05) average daily gain (ADG), total body weight (TWG), feed conversion ratio (FCR) were observed in animals fed control, T1 and T2 rations. The haemato-biochemical parameters such as haemoglobin, serum glucose, total protein, BUN, creatinine, calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, copper and zinc were similar (P>0.05) between the groups and the values were within the normal range reported for the species. Hence it was concluded that areca sheath can be effectively included in TMR completely replacing paddy straw without affecting growth performance and haematobiochemical parameters in female crossbred dairy calves.
Keywords: Areca sheath, TMR, growth, haematobiochemical parameters
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Ambhore, A.S., Shyama K., Ally, K., Syam Mohan K.M., Geetha N. and Prabhakar. 2024. Effect of replacement of paddy straw with shredded arecanut spathe in total mixed ration on growth performance and haematobiochemical parameters of crossbred calves. J. Vet. Anim. Sci. 55(2):413-417
DOI: https://doi.org/10.51966/jvas.2024.55.2.413-417