Department of Animal Nutrition, H.P. Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Palampur176062, India
Online published on 5 January, 2012.
An experiment on combination of certain herbs having galactagogue and stomachic actions containing Zinggiber, Adds. R.O., Lepidium, Fregonella, Piychotis, Acciumanaqua. Ficus and Myristica was conducted to test its efficacy on milk production in Jersey crossbred cows, fed diets according to NRC standard computed on fortnightly basis. The mean DM intakes per cow per day were similar in both the groups for the full Iactation. It was observed that the cows of group II showed an increase in milk production by 74.0 kg given this combination of herbs over the control group, the effect was noticed mainly in the midtrimester (P<0.01). The feed efficiency for milk production per was 1.41 and 1.37 kg DM/kg milk in groups I and 11 respectively, showing better uttlization of nutrient in the latter group.
