Vol. 13, Issue 4 (2024)

The present investigation entitled “Effect of Feeding Complete Feed Block on muscle score of Surti Buffalo Calves” was carried out from January, 2022 to April, 2022 on Surti Buffalo calves maintained at Livestock Research Station, College of Veterinary Science & Animal Husbandry, Navsari, Kamdhenu University, Gandhinagar, Gujarat. For this experiment 16 Surti Buffalo calves aged more than three months were selected. Experimental animals were divided into 2 groups of 8 calves each of comparable age, sex and body weight. T₁ group was offered conventional feed and T₂ group was offered complete feed block. Animals in the both the groups were maintained under similar managemental practices. Muscle score of buffalo calves was observed fortnightly from initial to 90th day of experiment.

However, overall muscle score was higher in T₂ as compared to T₁ group (3.12±0.08 vs. 3.00±0.09) though it was not significant.