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The Effect of a Mineral-vitamin Premix containing Beta Carotene on Infertility in Infertile Crossbred Cattle

Author: Dheeraj Kumar*, Rajendra Kumar , Tushar Rajendra Bhosale , Mahendra Kumar , V.K. Paswan , Keshav Kumar and Anjali Nagori

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Abstract

The present research work has been conducted at Gowshala dairy farm, Department of Animal Husbandry & Dairying, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, UP, INDIA. Minerals have a substantial impact on animal reproduction physiology. Their imbalance causes a slew of problems, including lower reproductive efficiency and financial losses for the dairy industry. For this study 24 crossbred cattle was selected and divided into two equal groups containing 12 cattle in each group. Group 1 T0 is control & Group 2 is T1 fed with β-carotene incorporated with vitamin- permix. The experimental animals were fed all the feed ingredients required for maintenance and growth (500g per day) as per ICAR (2013) feeding standard. In this study total 24 infertile crossbred cattle was selected to induce oestrus taken for correction of anoestrosity with β-carotene incorporated vitamin- permix. Total 8 out of 24 animals exhibited oestrus symptom after the treatment. Among the

Keywords

Infertility, fertility, β-carotene, anoestrus, sterility.

Conclusion

Six animals in the treatment group (vitamin-permix with β -carotene) went into heat. In this group, serum β -carotene levels were substantially greater in the oestrus condition than in the anoestrus condition (significant at a 5% level). Only two animals in the control group shows estrus. There is no substantial difference in any of the parameters between the anoestrus and oestrus conditions. Anestrus in cows is caused by a lack of β -carotene, and β -carotene supplementation may help to enhance the anoestrous state as well as general fertility.

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Dheeraj Kumar, Rajendra Kumar, Tushar Rajendra Bhosale, Mahendra Kumar, V.K. Paswan, Keshav Kumar and Anjali Nagori (2022). The Effect of a Mineral-vitamin Premix Containing Beta Carotene on Infertility in Infertile Crossbred Cattle. Biological Forum –