Vol. 10, Issue 5, Part D (2025)

Author(s): Anita Kumari Meena, Athar Uddin, Deepak Kumar, Subhash Yadav, Manoj Kumar and Monu Choudhary

Abstract: The research work entitled “Effect of different weaning age on morphometric measurements of Sirohi goat kids” was carried out to study the effect of different weaning age on morphometric characters in terms of Sirohi goat kids. Twenty-four kids of one month of age were randomly selected and divided into three groups of each having eight kids. Group T₁ weaned at 60 days of age, T₂ at 75 days and T₃ at 90 days. The concentrate supplement given @ 1.5% of body weight and Mungbean straw ad-libtum to all kids during whole experimental period. Morphometric characters viz., body length, height at withers, heart girth, punch girth and loin girth of kids was recorded fortnightly. The overall increase in body length was 10.41, 9.97 and 10.13 cm, wither height was 10.13, 9.75 and 9.91 cm, punch girth was 12.09, 10.78 and 11.98 cm, heart girth was 11.74, 11 and 11.56 cm and loin width were 3.9, 3.7 and 3.69 cm in T₁, T₂ and T₃ groups, respectively. The overall increase in body length, wither height, heart girth, punch girth and loin width were highest in group T₁ followed by T₃ and T₂. The difference between groups for average body length, wither height, heart girth, punch girth and loin width were non-significant.