Abstract:Studies on supplementation of green
Azolla (
Azolla pinnata) on growth performance of Osmanabadi Goat kid’s was conducted. The object of the experiment was to studies on supplementation of green
Azolla (
Azolla pinnata) and its effect on Dry Matter intake and growth performance of Osmanabadi Goat kid’s. The average daily dry matter intake per 100 kg body weight in T
1, T
2, T
3 and T
4 treatment group were 4.00, 4.02, 4.05 and 4.12, kg respectively. The corresponding figure of per day dry matter intake of the treatment groups T
1, T
2, T
3 and T
4 were 0.57, 0.58, 0.62 and 0.64 kg, respectively. The difference among different treatment groups were statistically significant (
P<0.05).
The dry matter intake was noticed more in T4 followed by T3, T2 and T1.It indicates the influence of supplementation of green Azolla and concentrate mixture improves the dry matter intake.