Effect of herbal additives Amla (Emblica officinalis) and giloy (Tinospora cordifolia) on biochemical parameters of Magra lambs in the semi intensive management system under the arid zone of western Rajasthan

Abstract

The aim of this study was to determine the effect of herbal feed additives amla (Emblica officinalis) and giloy (Tinospora cordifolia) on biochemical parameters of Magra lambs in the semi intensive management system. The experiment was performed on twenty eight magra lambs of three to four months of age under the semi intensive system, which were randomly distributed into four experimental groups of seven lambs in each group in a randomized block design (RBD). Herbal feed additive Amla (Emblica officinalis) fruit powder with seed and Giloy (Tinospora cordifolia) stem powder were supplemented at level of 1.5 g/kg body weight with concentrate as oral/feed supplemented in T1 and T2 group, respectively except control group and T3 in semi-intensive management system. Group T3 were supplemented with the combination of Amla (Emblica officinalis) fruit powder and Giloy (Tinospora cordifolia) stem powder at the level of 0.75 g/kg body weight with concentrate as oral/feed. At the end of experiment, no significant changes were found in biochemical parameters though; they were within normal biochemical range.