20-Title: Effect of dietary supplementation of fenugreek (Trigonella foenum-graecum) seeds on feed intake, nutrient utilization and haemato-biochemical profile of indigenous goat kids
Authors: Satendra Sharma, Naresh Kurechiya, Ashok Kumar Patil, RK Jain, Anchal Keshri, R Aich and Kavita Rawat
Source: Ruminant Science (2024)-13(1):121-125.

Abstract

How to cite this manuscript: Sharma Satendra, Kurechiya Naresh, Patil Ashok Kumar, Jain RK, Keshri Anchal, Aich R and Rawat Kavita (2024). Effect of dietary supplementation of fenugreek (Trigonella foenum-graecum) seeds on feed intake, nutrient utilization and haemato-biochemical profile of indigenous goat kids. Ruminant Science 13(1):121-125.
Abstract
This experiment was conducted to study the effect of dietary supplementation of fenugreek (Trigonella foenum-graceum) seeds on nutrient utilization, growth performance and haemato-biochemical profile of Indigenous goat kids. Twelve Indigenous goat kids (4-5 months of age, 12.76±1.48 kg BW) were distributed randomly into two groups of six kids each. All kids were apparently healthy, dewormed, vaccinated and maintained on a common feeding regime consisting of concentrate mixture and roughage as per ICAR (2013) requirements. Kids in the experimental group received fenugreek seeds @ 3% of dry matter intake while the control group remained unsupplemented. The experimental feeding of kids was continued for 90 days. Kids were weighed fortnightly in the morning before offering feed and water. At the end of experimental feeding, a digestion trial of seven days was conducted to assess the nutrient utilization of kids. The results indicated that supplementation of fenugreek seeds improved (P0.05) comparable between both the groups. From the results, it can be concluded that fenugreek seed supplementation improves the digestibility of nutrients. However, it has no effect on feed intake and feed conversion ratio. Dietary inclusion of fenugreek (Trigonella foenum-graceum) had no adverse effect on haemato-biochemical profile in goat kids.
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