Effect of supplement feeding of shatavari on lactating buffaloes
Assessment of shatavari feeding on buffaloes
Keywords:
Water buffaloes, Lactation, Supplements, Shatavari, Milk YieldAbstract
A study was conducted in adopted villages of K V K Bundi to assess the effect of supplementing shatavari (Asparagus racemosus) feed on performance of lactating buffaloes. Twenty lactating buffaloes in mid lactation
with similar age, body weight and milk yield were selected from dairy farms of the local farmers and divided into two groups of ten animals each. Control group was maintained as per farmerʹs practices (feeding of 3 kg cotton seed cake along with wheat straw), while groups comprising feeding of wheat straw +shatavari powder 50gm /day /animal up to 60 days. Result revealed that 19.67 per cent higher average milk yield was recorded in buffaloes feeding under group (7.36 kg/day) as compared to (6.15 kg/day). Increase in the income by
feeding Shatavari came to Rs. 50.50/day/ animal. It was concluded that feeding of Shatavari along with wheat straw improves milk yield and fat percent as well as reproductive performance in lactating buffaloes.
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