Effect of Dietary Substitution of Dried Moringa oleifera Lam. Leaves on Biochemical Parameters of Urine of Badri Cattle

Author: Deepikesh Joshi, Sanjay Kumar, Jyoti Palod, Anshu Rahal, A.K. Ghosh, Monika Sodhi and S.K. Rastogi

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Abstract

Animal husbandry is an integral part of the Indian economy. Badri cattle is reared by the people of hilly regions of Uttarakhand state. Moringa oleifera Lam. is a plant rich in vitamins, minerals and antioxidants which has been consumed as food by both animals and humans since a long time. The present study was carried out on 45 Badri cattle of the age groups 6-12 months, >12-18 months and lactating animals. All the animals of different age-groups were further divided into control (T0), treatment 1 (T1) and treatment 2 (T2) groups where the treatment groups 1 and 2 were fed with concentrate feed substituted with dried Moringa leaves @10 % and 20% substitution, respectively, for a period of 12 months. The challenge in this study was the reception of the experimental dried Moringa leaves’-mixed concentrate feed by the experimental Badri cattle as they reject the feed, if it smells different than usual, before ingesting it. This was managed by keeping an acclimatization period of 10 days for adaptation to this feed by the experimental animals. The results showed a non-significant change in pH, specific gravity and creatinine of experimental animals while overall urea concentration in urine increased significantly in T1 groups in younger (258.27±.04 mg/ dL) as well as lactating (258.23±.20 mg/ dL) age-groups. The study revealed that substitution of dried Moringa leaves in concentrate feed of Badri cattle had almost no fatal effect on biochemical quality of urine of the experimental animals, and hence, can be substituted by the farmers in field conditions.

Keywords

Badri, Moringa leaves, Concentrate feed, Urine biochemistry

Conclusion

It can be concluded that dietary substitution of Moringa leaves increases nitrogen metabolism in younger animals releasing more urea in urine but within the normal range, hence no urea toxicity is observed in the animals. Along with this, all other parameters showing no statistically significant changes depict that dried M. oleifera leaves can be substituted at 10% and 20% rates in concentrate feed and fed to Badri cattle in field conditions without any fear of any negative effects or change in their physiological health.

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Deepikesh Joshi, Sanjay Kumar, Jyoti Palod, Anshu Rahal, A.K. Ghosh, Monika Sodhi and S.K. Rastogi (2023). Effect of Dietary Substitution of Dried Moringa oleifera Leaves on Biochemical Parameters of Urine of Badri Cattle. Biological Forum – An International Journal, 15(10): 1413-1418.