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Indian Journal of Pure & Applied Biosciences (IJPAB)
Year : 2022, Volume : 10, Issue : 5
First page : (15) Last page : (22)
Article doi: : http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2582-2845.8732

Effect of Feeding Silage Prepared from Fall Army Worm (Spodoptera frugiperda) on Feed Intake and Hematobiochemical Parameters of Red kandhari Heifers

Rahul Mogale^1* , Suhas Amrutkar², Suneet Wankhede³, Vitthal Munde⁴, Yogeshwari Sirsat⁵, Amrapali Kothare^6
1M.V. Sc Scholar, ²Assistant Professor, ³Assistant Professor, ⁴Assistant Professor,
⁵M.V. Sc Scholar, ⁶M.V. Sc Scholar
Department of Animal Nutrition, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences,
Parbhani, MAFSU, Maharashtra, India
*Corresponding Author E-mail: rahulmogale7@gmail.com
Received: 17.03.2022 | Revised: 26.05.2022 | Accepted: 13.06.2022 

 ABSTRACT

The study objective was to evaluate the feed intake, and hematobiochemical parameters of Red Kandhari heifers fed a total mixed ration (TMR) based on silage produced from a fall army worm (FAW) affected maize fodder compared with silage prepared from normal maize fodder. Two treatment groups, T1 and T2, consisted of 6 Red Kandhari heifers, each having average body weights 164.17 and 165.52 kg for 90 days trial. T1 and T2 groups offered 40% normal maize silage and 40% FAW-affected maize silage, respectively along with 40% concentrate and 20% chaffed sorghum stovers. Fortnightly dry matter intake (kg/day) was observed to be statistically similar (p>0.05) between T1 and T2 groups. The Hematobiochemical parameters viz. Hb, PCV, blood glucose, blood urea nitrogen, ALT and AST concentration were analyzed fortnightly and found statistically not different (p>0.05) between the T1 and T2 group, respectively.

Keywords: Fall army worm, maize silage, dry matter intake, blood, haematology.

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Cite this article: Mogale, R., Amrutkar, S., Wankhede, S., Munde, V., Sirsat, Y., & Kothare, A. (2022). Effect of Feeding Silage Prepared from Fall Army Worm (Spodoptera frugiperda) on Feed Intake and Hematobiochemical Parameters of Red kandhari Heifers, Ind. J. Pure App. Biosci.10(5), 15-22. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2582-2845.8732