Effect of nutritional manipulation after mating on conception rate and blood biochemical profile in beetal goats

The present investigation was aimed at evaluation of the effect of nutritional manipulation after mating on conception rate and blood biochemical constituents in Beetal goats. Goats were divided into two groups (i) maintenance group: flushed till the day of onset of estrus and fed on the maintenance ration from day 1 onward, and (ii) high feeding group: flushed till day 0 and continued with the same feeding regime as practiced before breeding. The blood samples were collected on day 0, 3, 4, 5, 10 and 20. Maintenance group exhibited higher (87.5%) conception rate as compared to the high feeding group (75%). The concentrations of blood glucose and protein were nonsignificantly different between the two groups. The mean plasma cholesterol concentration on day 20 was found to the significantly lower than that on day 0 in both the groups.