Effect of AAU/CI herbal formulation incorporated in urea molasses block on body weight gain in goats infected with spontaneous gastro intestinal nematodosis

Abstract

The study was conducted during 2018-19 to observe the body weight gain in goats after treatment with AAU/CI herbal formulation incorporated in urea molasses block (MUMB) in spontaneous gastro intestinal nematodosis infection. Forty two crossbred goats were taken irrespective of age, sex, and fed with standard feed ration, randomly divided into seven groups of six each. The faecal samples were collected from each animal for Egg per gram (EPG) and examined by modified Stoll’s dilution technique (Soulsby, 1982). The EPG (ranged from 200-400) and body weights were recorded by using Avery platform, prior to the treatment (0 day) and every 15 days interval upto 100 days post treatment. The herbal formulation consisted of sample AAU/CI prepared by drying and grinding of the plant (leaf & stem) material incorporated in UMB. This MUMB (AAU/CI) were fed to the animal @ 15 g /animal/day in group 1 (stall feeding) by licking and group 3 (grazing) fed individually. To compare the herbal formulation with standard anthelmintic, Fenbendazole @ 0.5 mg/ kg body weight of goat was incorporated in UMB. This MUMB (FBZ) were fed to the animals of group 5 (stall feeding) by licking and group 6 (grazing) individually. There was increase in body weight significantly (P