Effect of area specific mineral mixture supplementation on milk production, biochemical and blood mineral status of Black Bengal goats

Abstract

This study was conducted to find out the effect of area-specific mineral mixture (ASMM) supplementation on production performances, the biochemical and mineral profile of Black Bengal does during the peripartum period. For this purpose, 20 pregnant does were made into two groups according to the bodyweight viz., Control-T 0 (n=10) and Treatment-T 1 (n=10) and supplemented with 0 and 6 g ASMM/animal/day, respectively starting from 3 months before the expected date of parturition to till the onset of the first post-partum estrus. Overall mean milk fat, total ash, total solids, solids not fat, milk crude protein and milk yield, blood glucose, non-esterified fatty acids, α-amino nitrogen, phosphorus and serum glutamic pyruvic transaminase concentration were non-significant (P>0.05) between the groups. The overall mean of serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase, calcium, copper, and zinc concentration in control (T 0 ) and treatment (T 1 ) groups were127.05±1.27 vs.132.73±1.26 IU/L, 7.83±0.08 vs. 8.19±0.08 mg/dl, 0.66±0.02 vs. 0.94±0.02 ppm, 0.69±0.01 vs. 0.97 ± 0.02 ppm, respectively, and differed significantly (P< 0.05) between the groups. So by the findings of this study, it is concluded supplementation of the area-specific mineral mixture@ 6 g/day during the peripartum period had a significant effect on blood biochemical parameters in Black Bengal does.