Medicated urea molasses mineral block and tannin on growth performance, nutrient utilization and nematodosis in goat kids

ANGAN ROY; S P TIWARI; TARINI SAHU; SURENDRA KUMAR NAIK; RAINA DONERIA

doi:10.56093/ijans.v84i5.40671

Authors

ANGAN ROY Chhattisgarh Kamdhenu Vishwavidyalaya, Durg, Chhattisgarh 491 001 India
S P TIWARI Chhattisgarh Kamdhenu Vishwavidyalaya, Durg, Chhattisgarh 491 001 India
TARINI SAHU Chhattisgarh Kamdhenu Vishwavidyalaya, Durg, Chhattisgarh 491 001 India
SURENDRA KUMAR NAIK Chhattisgarh Kamdhenu Vishwavidyalaya, Durg, Chhattisgarh 491 001 India
RAINA DONERIA Chhattisgarh Kamdhenu Vishwavidyalaya, Durg, Chhattisgarh 491 001 India

https://doi.org/10.56093/ijans.v84i5.40671

Keywords:

Fenbendazole, Kids, Immune response, Tannin, Urea molasses mineral block

Abstract

Indigenous goat kids (20; 3 to 5 months, average body wt-12 kg) were offered ad lib. rice straw and berseem hay (40:60) to assess growth performance and nutrient utilization. Group 1 was fed concentrate mixture (100g/d). Groups 2,3,4 and 5 were supplemented with urea molasses mineral block (UMMB), medicated urea molasses mineral block (Med-UMMB containing fenbendazole @0.5g/kg), tannin (5% of DM) and UMMB plus tannin (5% of DM) respectively. The animals were given trickle infection (200L₃/d) of gastrointestinal nematodes (Haemonchus sp. and Cooperia sp. in the dose ratio of 9:1) for consecutive 10 days. Dry matter (DM) intake, total digestible nutrient (TDN) intake, growth performance and nitrogen (N) balance revealed no significance between treatment and control whereas digestible crude protein (DCP) intake, calcium (Ca) and phosphorus (P) balance for T₂, T₃ and T₅ showed significant improvement over control. Humoral immune response against calf red blood cells (CRBC) was significantly higher in T₄ as compared to control. Thus it may be concluded that dietary supplementation of med-UMMB and tannin have no effect on growth performance whereas tannin significantly improved the humoral immune response of kids.

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