1Department of Livestock Production and Management, College of Agriculture, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India
2Agricultural Research Station, SKRAU, Bikaner, Rajasthan, India
3Farmer FIRST Project, Directorate of Extension Education, Agriculture University, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India
*Corresponding author: LK Jain; E-mail: jainlokesh74@gmail.com
Online Published on 27 February, 2026.
Goat husbandry plays a vital role in providing house hold nutritional security, increased income and employment in rural transformation. In order to assess the influence of on-farm supplementary feeding of commercial probiotic on growth in growing kids has been evaluated. Twenty (3 months old) weaned kids of Marwari breeds were randomly divided into 2 equal groups. One group served as control (Without supplementation) and other group as treatment group fed probiotic @ 5 g/kid/d for 90 days. Both the group animal grazing on community pasture land. The study revealed that probiotic supplemented experimental group achieved significantly higher (P<0.05) body weight gain and improved average daily body weight gain (ADG) by 18.55g more than control group. The study further indicated that Diahorrea and respiratory disorders occurred less frequently in experimental group compared to control group animals. Conducting farmer’s participatory trial on farmer’s flock can prove to be a very effective approach for creating awareness and acceptance of technology.
⓿ Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Lactobacillus sporogenes are the potential probiotics.
⓿ Awareness among farmers should be promoted for probiotics in diarrhoea cases of kids.
Concentrate feeding, Grazing performance, Growth Performance, Kids, Probiotic
