1Department of Veterinary Physiology, College of Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry, U.P. Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Pashu Chikitsa Vigyan Vishwavidyalaya Evam Go-Anusandhan Sansthan, Mathura-281 001, Uttar Pradesh
Department of Animal Nutrition, College of Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry, U.P. Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Pashu Chikitsa Vigyan Vishwavidyalaya Evam Go-Anusandhan Sansthan, Mathura-281 001, Uttar Pradesh
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Online published on 12 March, 2025.
A study was conducted to evaluate the effect of replacing soybean meal with dried Moringa oleifera leaf powder (MOLP) in the concentrate mixture on nutrient utilization and growth performance in bucks. Eighteen Barbari bucks (28.0±2.0 kg body weight, 12.0±2.0 months-old) were selected and randomly divided into three groups of six each. Soybean meal in concentrate mixture was replaced with dried MOLP in 0-MO (0% MOLP), 10-MO (10% MOLP) and 20-MO (20% MOLP) groups. The replacement of dried MOLP showed no significant (P>0.05) effect on dry matter, digestible crude protein and energy intake, nutrient digestibility and feed efficiency in treatment groups in comparison to control. Average daily gain was significantly (P<0.05) higher in 0-MO (71.11 g) and 10-MO (70.55 g) than in 20-MO (62.2 g). It was concluded that soybean meal could be replaced with dried MOLP at 10% level without any adverse effect on nutrient intake, nutrient digestibility and body weight gain in Barbari bucks.
Buck, Digestibility, Growth performance, Moringa oleifera, Nutrient intake
