Effect of Feeding Spineless Cactus (opuntia ficus) on Growth Performance of Madgyal Lambs
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2024-04-03
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MAFSU, Nagpur
Abstract
The present work was conducted on eighteen Madgyal lambs divided in
three groups with 6 lambs in each for 90 days to assess the “Effect of feeding
spineless cactus (opuntia ficus) on growth performance of Madgyal lambs”. The feeding schedule was stall feeding with a dry and concentrated mixture + chopped
spineless cactus replaced for green roughages with 20% in T1 and 40% in T2.
Average fortnightly weight gain and ADG values of T0, T1 & T2 were 22.03,
21.96, 21.85(kg) & 110,109,108 gm/head/day, respectively. Nonsignificant values
were observed in all weeks of fortnight and ADG. The average values of
Haemoglobin, PCV, TLC, and TEC, were recorded as
9.98,9.95,9.82gm/dl,32.66,32.70,32.19 (%), 5.44,5.49,5.51, 12.06,11.31,11.83,`
The average values of serum glucose, Total protein, Serum albumin, SGOT and
SGPT were recorded as All the values of haemato-biochemical parameters were
found to be non-significant in all groups. Feeding cost/kg weight gain was
recorded as 187,184,183 in the T0, T1, and T2 groups respectively. The study
indicates that the chopped spineless cactus will be economical for raising lambs
and have no adverse effect on experimental animals.