Department of Animal Nutrition, College of Veterinary & Animal Sciences, Bikaner-334001, Rajasthan, India
*Corresponding author: Present address-Post Graduate Institute of Veterinary Education and Research, B-2 By-pass, Shipra Path, Agarwal Farm, Mansarovar, Jaipur-302020 (E-mail: karnani_monika@yahoo.co.in)
Online published on 3 November, 2015.
Twenty male Marwari goats were divided into five groups of four goats each. The animals in all the five groups were fed wheat straw and concentrate mixture for 28 days and animals in group T2, T3, T4 and T5 were supplemented with different herbal products viz., Himalayan Batisa (10 mg/g), Appetonic Vet powder (10 mg/g), Ruchamax (3 mg/g) and Rumizyme powder (7.5 mg/g), respectively in complete feed. DM and OM intake were the highest in T2 (850.22 and 748.37 g/d). Addition of herbal products in the diet improved digestibility of DM, OM, CP, EE and NFE while no significant effect was observed on digestibility of CF, NDF, ADF and hemicellulose.
Digestibility, Goats, Herbal Products
