Effect of Dietary Supplementation of Fenugreek Seed (Trigonella foenum graecum), Giloy (Tinospora cordifolia) and Shatavari (Asparagus racemosus) on Haematological Parameters of Lactating Sahiwal Cattle

Author: Jyoti Srivastav, Sanjay Kumar and Tushar Saxena

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Abstract

To observe the effect of various conventional herbs such as Fenugreek (Trigonella foenum graecum), Giloy (Tinospora cordifolia) and Shatavari (Asparagus racemosus) in livestock feeding, the present research work was conducted on twenty four Sahiwal cattle of lactation age group. The duration of experimental period was 120 days. Sahiwal cattle were randomly distributed into four dietary treatment groups composed with six animals in each group. The different dietary programme used in the study were as follows: T0 (Control group); Basal diet only, T1; Basal diet+100 g Fenugreek seed powder, T2; Basal diet+100 g Giloy stem powder and T3; Basal diet+100 g Shatavari root powder along with the concentrate feed. For evaluation of haematological parameters blood samples were collected from each cattle. Parameters viz., haemoglobin, packed cell volume, total erythrocyte count, total leukocyte count and differential leukocyte were measured by using standard procedures in laboratory. The statistical analysis of the data revealed non-significant effect of dietary supplementation of various herbal feed additives on haematological parameters of lactating. Sahiwal cattle except the packed cell volume which differed significantly (p>0.05) that suggested no harmful effect on general health condition of experimental cattle.

Keywords

Fenugreek seed, Herbal, Haematological parameters, Blood, Sahiwal

Conclusion

The present study concluded that the inclusion of different herbs viz. Fenugreek seed powder (Trigonella foenum graecum), Giloy stem powder (Tinospora cardifolia) and Shatavri root powder (Asparagus racemosus) in the feed of lactating cattle @ 100 g/day did not affected the haematological parameters thus it be can be safely incorporated in the basal diet of Sahiwal cattle.

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Jyoti Srivastav, Sanjay Kumar and Tushar Saxena (2024). Effect of Dietary Supplementation of Fenugreek Seed (Trigonella foenum graecum), Giloy (Tinospora cordifolia) and Shatavari (Asparagus racemosus) on Haematological Parameters of Lactating Sahiwal Cattle. Biological Forum – An International Journal, 16(1): 28-30.