Vol. 8, Issue 5, Part G (2023)

Author(s): Anju Sharma, DS Sahu, Deepak Kumar, Heera Lal Bugalia, Ayush Maurya and Anita Kumari Meena

Abstract: Different levels of Vanadium were used to assess the effect on antioxidant status of Barbari goat kids. A total of 21 barbari goat kids were selected after blocking by body weight (16.27 ±0.89 kg) and age (6.0±0.15 month). Kids were randomly allocated into 3 treatments. The treatments were as follows: 1) Control comprised of total mixed ration (TMR) without any supplementation of vanadium; 2) T1 group was provided TMR basal diet with vanadium @ 1.5 mg/kg DM/kids/day). 3) T2 group was offered TMR basal diet with vanadium @3.0 mg/kg DM/kids/day. Hemoglobin was observed significantly (p<0.05) higher in all three groups. The vanadium supplementation was unaffected in packed cell volume (PCV). Total leukocyte count was elevated with the supplementation of vanadium and was observed significantly higher in all the groups. Neutrophil and Lymphocyte was not affected with vanadium supplementation and shows no significant among groups. Total immunoglobulin was statistically (p<0.05) higher in T1 and T2 than control group. Total cholesterol, HDL cholesterol, ALT, AST and ALP were not affected with the supplementation of vanadium and found statistically similar in the all three groups. Triglyceride was recorded higher significant in T2 groups as compared to control and T1 groups. The study accomplished that the dietary fed of vanadium elevated the hemato-biochemical status of Barbari kids.