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"Shatavari (Asparagus racemosus willd.) Used as a Feed Supplement for Enhancing Production and Quality of Indigenous Cross Breed Cow’s milk"

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Title "Shatavari (Asparagus racemosus willd.) Used as a Feed Supplement for Enhancing Production and Quality of Indigenous Cross Breed Cow’s milk"
 
Creator Dibya, Kiran Kumar
 
Contributor Choudhary, P.L.
 
Subject Shatavari (Asparagus racemosus willd.), Feed Supplement, Enhancing Production,Indigenous Cross Breed Cow’s milk
 
Description Shatavari root traditionally is used as lactogenic folk medicine in man and animals. In the present, investigation efforts were made to evaluate the effect of shatavari root on the galactogogue activity in relation to milk yield and its major constituents as well as to standardize dose of shatavari root powder. Experiment was conducted on 10 lactating cows (two cows in each groups) with similar age group and milk yield was selected randomly and named as T1 (0gm), T2 (100gm), T3 (150gm), T4 (200gm) and T5 (250gm) respectively. T1 was control for the experiment. Before starting the experiment all the groups of experimental animal kept on control ration for 10 days. Experimental ration were fed to each groups for 10 days called treatment period and observations were recorded. Experimental ration withdraw after 10 days residual period to observe the residual effect of shatavari root powder containing ration. The experiment was repeated thrice and called the phases of the experiment. Milk samples were collected at both time (morning and evening) and analyzed for fat, protein, lactose, total solid, pH, and acidity. Economics of feeding shatavari was estimated after completion of the experiment.
During the experiment, milk yield was recorded and observe the effect of shatavari root powder containing ration on milk yield was 6.81, 7.44, 7.60, 7.66 and 7.55 liter/day from T1, T2, T3, T4 and T5 respectively. Among all treatments, T4 was an appropriate dose (200gm/day/animal) of shatavari root powder, because milk yield was increased significantly (0.85 liter) as compared to control. The effect of shatavari root powder containing ration on Fat, Protein Lactose and Total solid content was 3.5, 3.63, 3.69, 3.97 and 3.66 percent Fat, 3.41, 3.58, 3.66, 3.77 and 3.67 percent Protein, 4.87, 4.78, 4.76, 4.75 and 4.78 percent Lactose and 12.46, 12.63, 12.78, 13.08 and 12.83 percent Total solid for T1, T2, T3, T4 and T5 respectively. From the study it was observed that T4 (200 gm/day/cow) shatavari
root powder dose was more suitable then the other doses because in this treatment all major constituents of milk were increased significantly as well as overall quality and quantity of milk was also improved. Whereas the pH and acidity did not change significantly and indicates that during feeding the shatavari root powder through their regular ration has positive effect on overall quality of milk in general.
Therefore, it could be concluded that supplementing T4 levels shatavari root powder in lactating indigenous cows feed have been recommended for improving productive performance of the lactating cows, with respect to milk quality and quantity. Techno-economic feasibility was determined and found that the overall milk production was increased 0.500 kg (7.14 %) as compared to their previous production. Feeding shatavari root powder with regular ration of the cows resulted to increased income Rs. 9.75/day/cow. it was indicate that when shatavari root powder fed to lactating cows more advantageous and help to improved the income of the dairy farmers. During the experiment the experimental cows were improved their health, which might be due to medicinal effect of shatavari root powder as it was supplemented with their regular ration.
 
Date 2016-03-04T12:12:48Z
2016-03-04T12:12:48Z
2010
 
Type Thesis
 
Identifier 117p.
http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/64761
 
Language en
 
Format application/pdf
 
Publisher Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Raipur (C.G.)