Effect of Dietary Incorporation of Saraswatha Gritham Residue on Haemato-Biochemical Parameters of Malabari Kids

Abstract

A study was conducted to assess the effect of dietary incorporation of Saraswatha gritham residue on growth performance, nutrient utilisation and techno economics of production in Malabari kids. A feeding trial of 90 days duration was conducted in fifteen Malabari kids, divided into three groups of five each, as uniformly as possible with regard to body weight, sex, age, randomly allotted to three groups and fed on isonitrogenous and isocaloric rations, T1 (control), T2 and T3, without and with 10 and 20 per cent Saraswatha gritham residue, respectively. Haematobiochemical parameters of the experimental kids were analysed at the start and end of the feeding trial. On 1st day all the blood parameters were similar among treatment groups. On 90th day Saraswatha gritham residue had significant effect on the concentration of cholesterol which was significantly higher (P<0.05) in T3 than T1 and T2, with T1 and T2 being similar (P>0.05). All the remaining blood parameters, viz., RBC, WBC, Hb, MCH, MCV and serum biochemical parameters viz., total protein, AST, ALT and total triglycerides were similar between the treatments.