Vol. 12, Special Issue 8 (2023)

Author(s):
Anupam Kumar Azad, Sanjay Kumar, RK Sharma, SK Singh, Anshu Rahal, Shashikant, Ankit Sharma, Diksha Bharti and Jyoti Srivastva

Abstract:
In an attempt to assess the effect of Moringa (Moringa oleifera), Giloy (Tinospora cordifolia) and Fenugreek (Trigonella foenum – graecum)) in combination on growth performance, an experiment was conducted for 120 days on 16 Pantja goat kids which were divided into four groups with four kids in each group in a randomized block design. The kids of T1 group (control) were provided only basal diet (grazing + ad lib. fodder + 200 g concentrate per kids per day) while kids of all other treatment groups were provided basal diet with herbal supplementation i.e., 12.5 percent moringa leaf powder + 12.5 percent fenugreek seed powder in group T2, 12.5 percent moringa leaf powder + 12.5 percent Giloy stem powder in group T3, and 12.5 percent Giloy stem powder + 12.5 percent Fenugreek seed powder in group T4. At the end of experiment, the highest growth was recorded in kids of group T3 among all treatment groups. The results obtained revealed that ADG was significantly improved (p<0.05) in T4 treatment groups during 30 days where as ADG was highly in T3 treatment groups during 120 days during growth trail. It can be concluded that, incorporation of 12.5 percent moringa + 12.5 percent Giloy stem powder along with 12.5 percent fenugreek leaves powder can be used as a part of strategy to be adopted to improve growth performance of kids in Tarai region of Uttarakhand.