International Journal of Pure & Applied Bioscience (IJPAB)
Year : 2017, Volume : 5, Issue : 5
First page : (1378) Last page : (1383)
Article doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2320-7051.5941
Effect of Supplementation of Chelated Minerals on Growth Performance of Buffalo Calves
Deepak Kumar1, Surinder Singh Grewal1, Ravi Kumar1*, Ramkaran3, Sajjan Sihag2,
Harish Rohila1 and Narender Singh1
1Department of Livestock Production Management, Collage of Veterinary Sciences,
2Department of Animal Nutrition, Collage of Veterinary Sciences,
3Department of Veterinary Physiology and Biochemistry, Collage of Veterinary Sciences,
LLR University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Hisar-125004, Haryana, India
*Corresponding Author E-mail: ravighotar@gmail.com
Received: 18.09.2017 | Revised: 22.10.2017 | Accepted: 26.10.2017
ABSTRACT
Fifteen buffalo calves of average six to ten months old were used to determine the effects of supplementation of chelated minerals on their growth performance. Calves were divided into three groups each having five animals in such a way that mean body weight was similar (P>0.05) among the groups. Each group was assigned to one of the following diets as: control diet with conventional mineral mixture (T1), diet with 50% conventional mineral mixture replace with chelated minerals (T2) and diet with 100% conventional mineral mixture replace with chelated minerals (T3). Body weight of experimental buffalo calves at fortnightly intervals under different treatment showed no significant difference (P>0.05) except at the end of experiment at 120 days where significantly higher body weight was observed in T3 than T1. Average daily gain (ADG) was found significantly higher (P<0.05) in the chelated mineral supplemented group compared to T1 after 45 days of supplementation. Average increase in body length and height were higher (P<0.05) in T3 as compared to T1 while total gain in heart girth and abdominal girth was significantly higher (P<0.05) in T3 as compare to T2 and T1. The present study concluded that feeding of chelated minerals has beneficial effect on body weight, body weight gain and body measurements in buffalo calves.
Key words: Calves, Chelated minerals, Growth performance, Body measurements
Full Text : PDF; Journal doi : http://dx.doi.org/10.18782
Cite this article: Kumar, D., Grewal, S.S., Kumar, R., Ramkaran, Sihag, S., Rohila, H. and Singh, N., Effect of Supplementation of Chelated Minerals on Growth Performance of Buffalo Calves, Int. J. Pure App. Biosci.5(5): 1378-1383 (2017). doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2320-7051.5941
