Impact of Creep Feed and Green fodder on Growth Performance in Pre-weaned Suckling Sirohi Goat Kids
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2022
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The present research work entitled “Impact of Creep Feed and
Green fodder on Growth Performance in Pre-weaned Suckling Sirohi
Goat Kids” was carried out to study the impact of creep feed and
moringa green fodder (MGF) on growth performance of kids in terms of
body weight gain and morphometric measurements. Twenty four
Sirohi goat kids of one month of age were randomly selected and
divided into four treatment groups of each having six kids at the Goat
Unit of S.K.N. College of Agriculture, Jobner. Treatment T1 served as
control), treatment T2 supplemented with 1.0 per cent of body weight of
creep feed, Treatment T3 supplemented with 1.0 per cent of body
weight of creep feed with MGF ad-lib and treatment T4 supplemented
with 1.5 per cent of body weight of creep feed with MGF ad-lib feed for
one month to four months of age and Groundnut straw fed ad-lib to all
kids during whole experimental period. All kids were allowed to suckle
their mother milk during morning and evening. Other management
practices were similar for each treatment.
Body weight of kids and other morphometric parameters viz.,
body length, wither height, paunch girth, heart girth and loin width of
kids was observed fortnightly. Treatment T4 fed higher level of creepfeed with MGF achieved the highest (111.48 g/day) average daily
weight gain followed by T3 (104.63 g/day), T2 (92.41 g/day) and control
treatment T1 (53.70 g/ day). Highest average total weight gain per kid
was recorded in treatment T4 (10.03 kg) followed by T3 (9.42 kg), T2
(8.31kg) and least found in control treatment T1 (4.83 kg). The overall
increase in body length, wither height, paunch girth, heart girth and loin
width was highest in T4, followed by T3, T2 and control treatment T1.
The difference between treatments for average body weight
gain, daily weight gain, body length, wither height, paunch girth, heart
girth and loin width was significant. The correlation coefficient of body
weight with morphometric measurements was highly positive.
It is concluded from the results that there was significant
increase in fortnightly weight gain and other morphometric
measurements of kids supplemented with higher level of creep feed
with MGF in diet.