Assessing the effect of tamarind seed powder on growth performance of Osmanabadi male kids

PN Virkar; AR Bhoyar; AA Chokakkar; SM Bagul; SS Koli

doi:10.22271/veterinary.2024.v9.i5i.1765

Assessing the effect of tamarind seed powder on growth performance of Osmanabadi male kids

Author(s): PN Virkar, AR Bhoyar, AA Chokakkar, SM Bagul and SS Koli

Abstract: The research work was carried out to assess the effect of feeding tamarind seed powder on growth performance of Osmanabadi male kids. For this purpose, twenty Osmanabadi male kids of about 3 months of age were randomly assigned to four treatment groups in equal number, namely T₀(Basal diet), T₁(Basal diet + Tamarind seed powder 5% of concentrates), T₂ (Basal diet + Tamarind seed powder 10% of concentrates), T₃(Basal diet + Tamarind seed powder 15% of concentrates). Feeding trial continued for 90 days. Body weight and DMI of all the kids was recorded at weekly intervals.

All the kids exhibited a growth rate ranging from 0.053 to 0.069 kg per day, with significant differences. The body weight gain was highest in the T₃ treatment group. Overall, the experimental results indicated that the T₃ treatment showed better and more desirable outcomes compared to the T₂, T₁ and T₀ treatments.

The daily dry matter (DM) intake varied significantly across the treatments. Goat kids in the T₃group consumed more DM compared to those in the T₂, T₁ and T₀ groups.

The average daily dry matter intake was 0.358, 0.389, 0.412 and 0.430 kg/day/kid for the T₀, T₁, T₂ and T₃groups, respectively. This trend indicates an increase in daily dry matter intake with the incorporation of tamarind seed powder as a concentrate in the rations. However, T₂ and T₃were at par to each other.

DOI: 10.22271/veterinary.2024.v9.i5i.1765

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Assessing the effect of tamarind seed powder on growth performance of Osmanabadi male kids

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