Animal Physiology Division, ICAR-National Dairy Research InstituteKarnal, Haryana, India
*Corresponding author: RK Soni; E-mail: soniravi2802@gmail.com
Online Published on 13 July, 2023.
The present study was conducted to study the effect of monensin supplementation on the attainment of sexual maturity and semen quality in bucks. Eighteen weaned kids aged 3 months were divided into three groups. The control animals were fed according to the requirement of ICAR (2013) standards, with 40:60 ratios of concentrate and green roughage. The treatment group was fed similar to control with addition of 10 mg/head/d and 20 mg/head/d of monensin in T1 and T2 group respectively. One month period of adaptation allowed before starting the experiment. The supplementation experiment was started at the age of four months for sixty days. The final body weights of animals (kg) did not differ (P>0.05) significantly; i.e. 19.32 ± 0.54, 20.44 ± 0.78 and 21.42 ± 0.36 kg in control, treatment I and treatment II respectively. The ADG was higher (P<0.01) in treatment groups (119.3 ± 3.9 and 127.3 ± 6.09 respectively in T1 and T2)as compare to control (91.00 ± 2.33). There was no significant effect on DMI in treatment groups.
• Supplementation of monensin significantly increases the average daily gain of kids.
• Monensin improves the body weight of animal without altering the dry matter intake.
Monensin, Body weight, Average daily gain, Dry matter intake
