Vol. 8, Issue 3 (2020)
Effect of Giloy (Tinospora cordifolia) and Neem (Azadirachta indica) on physiological parameters of Marwari lambs under arid zone
Author(s): P Kumari, T Bothra, HK Narula, D Jain, AS Dewna and Umesh Kumar Prajapat
Abstract: The present study was designed with the intention to alleviate the negative effects of heat stress of growing lambs reared under hot environmental conditions. An experiment was conducted to assess the effect of Giloy (Tinospora cordifolia) and Neem (Azadirachta indica) alone and in combination on physiological parameters for 12 weeks on 42 Marwari male lambs and divided into seven groups, six lambs in each group in a randomized block design. The lambs of T1 group were provided only basal diet (grazing + ad lib. fodder + 400 g concentrate per lamb per day) and were kept as control group and lambs of all other treatment groups were provided basal diet with herbal supplementation i.e. 0.5 per cent Giloy stem powder in group T2, 1.0 per cent Giloy stem powder in group T3, 0.5 per cent Neem leaf powder in group T4, 1.0 per cent Neem leaf powder in group T5, 0.25 per cent Giloy stem powder along with 0.25 per cent Neem leaf powder in group T6 and 0.5 per cent Giloy stem powder along with 0.5 per cent Neem leaf powder in group T7. At the end of experiment, highly significant changes were found in rectal temperature and respiration rate though; they were within normal physiological range. At the end of experiment it appears that incorporation of 0.5 per cent Giloy stem powder along with 0.5 per cent Neem leaves powder can be used as a part of strategy as they are effective to alleviate heat stress in lambs in arid zone of Rajasthan.
DOI: 10.22271/chemi.2020.v8.i3af.9546
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P Kumari, T Bothra, HK Narula, D Jain, AS Dewna, Umesh Kumar Prajapat. Effect of Giloy (Tinospora cordifolia) and Neem (Azadirachta indica) on physiological parameters of Marwari lambs under arid zone. Int J Chem Stud 2020;8(3):2253-2255. DOI: 10.22271/chemi.2020.v8.i3af.9546
