Reproductive And Productive Performance Of Murrah Buffaloes On Post-Partum Poly-Herbal Supplementation

Abstract

The present experiment was conducted to evaluate the effect of poly-herbal mixture supplementation on production and reproductive performance in freshly calved buffaloes. Twenty Murrah buffaloes were divided into two groups viz.; T0 control (n=10, parity P=3.3±0.55, avg. milk yield (kg)=2659±204) without any supplementation and T1 (n=10, parity P=3.5±0.56, avg. milk yield (kg)=2620±112) poly-herbal mixture was supplemented for ten days postpartum. 1st heat in days (T0- 103.6a±12.40, T1- 71.9b±9.55), no of AI done (T0- 2.3±0.48, T1- 2.2±0.49), service period (days) (T0-108.4±22.47, T1- 89.67±8.51), time of the expulsion of the fetus (hours) (T0- 15.7a±2.15, T1- 9.3b±1.84), conception rate (%) (T0- 41.7%, T1- 46.14%), RFM (%) (T0- 20%, T1- NIL), and yield per day (kg) (FCM6%) (T0- 12.81±0.67, T1- 13.50±0.37), peak yield (kg) (FCM6%) (T0- 16.53±0.85, T1- 17.23±0.47), milk yield of 4 months (kg) (FCM6%) (T0- 1537±80.92, T1- 1620±44.11). 1st heat in days and expulsion of the fetal membrane were significantly higher (P<0.05) in the supplemented group as compared to the control group (T0). Feeding of the poly-herbal mixture could lower the number of days to first insemination and service period due to early uterine involution. It can be concluded that the supplementation with the polyherbal mixture in the postpartum diet enhances the postpartum productive and reproductive performance of Murrah buffaloes.