Studies on mineral status of murrah buffaloes in Charkhi Dadri district of haryana Ramsawroop*, Panwar V.S., Kumar Sandeep, Kumar Sushil Department of Animal NutritionLala Lajpat Rai University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Hisar- 125004, Haryana, India *Correspondence: rsuthar099@gmail.com
Online published on 9 September, 2022. Abstract A detailed survey was carried out to record plane of nutrition and mineral status of lactating buffaloes in Charkhi Dadri district of Haryana state during rabi season (January, 2019 - February, 2019). Samples of feedstuffs, milk, hair and blood were collected from ten farm families of 12 villages (3 villages from each of 4 blocks) thus making a total of 120 families. Farmers (73.3%) were using oat fodder (23.3%), wheat straw (90.8%), bajra kadbi (17.5%), wheat grain (76.7%), bajra grain (44.2%), cotton seed cake (75.0%) in the dietary regimen of buffaloes. Only 17.5 and 13.3% of farmers were supplementing mineral mixture and common salt to their animals respectively. Regarding intake of minerals, it was found that animals were consuming much less Zn and Cu than their requirement while intake of Iron was more than the requirement. Only 10.8% and 15% of the animals were receiving less Ca and P, respectively, than their requirement. Average value of serum Zn in most of the samples was within normal range i.e., 0.8 to 2 ppm while that of serum Cu was below critical level (0.65). Intake of Fe was high due to high content in feed and fodders still its level in serum was within the normal range. Serum Mn was above critical value (0.20 ppm) while Ca and P were marginally deficient. Hair and milk samples were deficient in Zn and Cu. Thus, buffaloes were getting ration deficient in Zn and Cu, the same was reflected in hair Zn, Cu and serum Cu. Top Keywords Buffaloes, Hair, Milk, Mineral intake, Serum. Top |