Gupta, L. and Kumar, R.A. and Ghanshyam, T. and Rajesh, D. and Garg, R. (2012) Effect of feeding different proportions of groundnut haulms (Arachis hypogaea) and cluster bean straw (Cyamopsis tetragonoloba) on nutrient utilisation and serum biochemical parameters in dromedary camels. Tropical Animal Health and Production, 44. pp. 1689-1695.
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Abstract
The effect of feeding different proportions of groundnut haulms (Arachis hypogaea) and cluster bean straw (Cyamopsis tetragonoloba) on nutrient digestibility, nutritive value, nutrient intake and serum biochemical parameters was studied using nine male dromedary camels of Bikaneri breeds (637.5 kg average body weight; 8–9 years of age). Groundnut haulms (GNH) and cluster bean straw (CBS) were fed in one of three ratios, 75:25, 50:50 and 25:75 in treatments T1, T2 and T3, respectively. In all treatments, concentrate mixture was fed as per requirement of the camels. The groundnut haulms were more nutritive as compared to the cluster bean straw. The nutrient digestibility of dry matter, organic matter, crude protein (CP), crude fibre and acid detergent fibre was better in T1 than T2 and T3. Likewise, the CP, digestible crude protein and total digestible nutrient contents were significantly higher in T1 followed by T2 and T3. There was non-significant affect on average daily gain of camels. However, dry matter intake, digestible crude protein intake and total digestible nutrients were better in T1 as compared to T2 and T3. The total water intake per kilogram of dry matter intake (litres) was 2.98, 2.89 and 2.68, respectively, in T1, T2 and T3. The camels in all the treatments were in positive nitrogen, calcium and phosphorus balance. The treatments had a significant effect on serum biochemical parameters like glucose, cholesterol, aspartate transaminase and creatinine. The results may conclude that feeding of higher proportion of groundnut haulms as compared to cluster bean straw has pronounced improvement in nutritional utilisation by the camels
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Camels – Groundnut haulms – Cluster bean straw – Nutrient digestibility – Nutrient intake – Serum biochemical's |
| Author Affiliation: | Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture and Technology, Udaipur, Rajasthan, National Research Centre on Camels, Bikaner, Rajasthan,Rajasthan University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Bikaner, Rajasthan, India |
| Subjects: | Statistics and Experimentation Crop Improvement |
| Divisions: | Groundnut |
| Depositing User: | Mr. SanatKumar Behera |
| Date Deposited: | 08 Apr 2012 05:57 |
| Last Modified: | 14 Feb 2013 06:29 |
| Official URL: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11250-012-0125-1 |
| URI: | http://eprints.icrisat.ac.in/id/eprint/4555 |
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