Effect of Feeding Cotton Gin Trash on Haematological and Serum Biochemical Values in Mecheri Lambs

Author: N. Sri Balaji, S. Ramakrishnan*, J. Muralidharan, A.K. Thiruvenkadan, P. Vasan and K. Sivakumar

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Abstract

Cotton gin trash is a by-product when cotton fibres are separated from cotton seed at the ginning factory. Sheep farmers in Karur and Tirupur districts of Tamil Nadu have started using these cotton gin trash to meet the energy and protein requirements of their sheep without knowing the nutritive value of cotton gin trash. To validate the usage of cotton gin trash feeding in Sheep, a trial was conducted with 32 weaned Mecheri lambs at the age of 3 months and formed into four groups of eight animals in each group to find out the effect of feeding cotton gin trash on hematological and serum biochemical values. In all four groups, the basal diet used for the experiment had roughage: concentrate in the ratio of 60:40 on dry matter basis depended on their body weight but in T2, T3, T4 group the roughage diet was replaced with cotton gin trash at 25%, 50% and 75% inclusion level. The animals were reared up to 9 months of marketing age. The hematological and serum parameters were analyzed on 0

Keywords

Cotton gin trash, Mecherilambs, blood and serum biochemical values.

Conclusion

From the present study, it concluded that the haematological and biochemical values of Mecheri lambs were within the normal range and it implies that the feeding of cotton gin trash up to 75% inclusion level as a roughage diet were not harmful to the Mecheri lambs and further study can be conducted in adult animals to find out the effect of feeding cotton gin trash on blood parameters if any.

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Balaji, N.S., Ramakrishnan, S., Muralidharan, J., Thiruvenkadan, A.K., Vasan, P. and Sivakumar, K. (2021). Effect of Feeding Cotton Gin Trash on Haematological and Serum Biochemical Values in Mecheri Lambs. Biological Forum – An International Journal,