Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry
Vol. 6, Issue 1 (2017)
Effect in meat composition and carcass characteristics of goat feeding mixture of different medicinal leaves of north east India
Author(s):
Rita Nath, KK Baruah, Satya Sarma, Dulal Chandra Roy, Robin Bhuyan, Mithu Dutta and Nabajyoti Deka
Abstract:
The study was conducted to determine the effect of feeding diet containing
Carica papaya,
Artocarpus heterophyllus,
Terminalia bellirica leaf mixture (1:1:1) in concentrate mixture at 5% and 10% level on carcass characteristics and meat composition. Eighteen Assam hill goats were divided into three groups-T
1 served as Control and in treatment groups T
2 and T
3, the concentrate mixture was replaced with 5% and 10% level of leaf mixture respectively No significant difference was found in carcass characteristics and meat composition between the groups but T
3 group showed better result than other groups. It was concluded that the leaf mixture of
Carica papaya,
Artocarpus heterophyllus, and
Terminalia bellirica could be used upto 10% level as supplement in the diet of goats.
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Rita Nath, KK Baruah, Satya Sarma, Dulal Chandra Roy, Robin Bhuyan, Mithu Dutta and Nabajyoti Deka. Effect in meat composition and carcass characteristics of goat feeding mixture of different medicinal leaves of north east India. J Pharmacogn Phytochem 2017;6(1):211-213.