Year: 2022 | Month: December | Volume 12 | Issue 6
Effect of Dietary Supplementation of Different Sources of Selenium on Growth Performance and Nutrient Utilization of Barbari Bucks
Sunil Kumar1
Shalini Vaswani1*
Vinod Kumar
Mukul Anand
Muneendra Kumar
Raju Kushwaha
Avinash Kumar
S.P. Singh
DOI:10.30954/2277-940X.06.2022.18
Abstract:
The present study was designed to evaluate the effect of dietary supplementation of different sources of Se on growth performance, intake and nutrient digestibility of Barbari bucks. For this study, 24 experimental bucks were selected and equally divided into four groups (n=6) on body weight basis. The animals in control group were fed on basal diet i.e., concentrate mixture, gram straw and corn silage as per ICAR (2013) feeding standard whereas, the groups T1(SS), T2(SY) and T3(NS) were fed basal diet along with supplementation of inorganic Se (Sodium selenite), organic Se (Se-Yeast) and Se nano particles at level of 0.3mg/kg DM offered respectively. The experimental feeding was done for 90 days. DMI was calculated by recording daily the feed offered and residue left. The animals were weighed before feeding and watering in the morning on two consecutive days at the start of experimental feeding and thereafter at fortnightly intervals. ADG (g/d) and Feed conversion ratio (FCR) was calculated by the amount of DMI (kg) required for unit (per kg) weight gain by animals during the trial period. To compare the efficiency of nutrient utilization in experimental bucks, a digestion trial for a period of 7 days was conducted at the end of the study.The results revealed dietary supplementation of Se from either source have no significant (P<0.05) effect on BW, ADG, FCR, feed intake and digestibility of nutrients. Hence, it can be concluded that dietary supplementation of Se from either inorganic, organic and nano sources have no effect on growth, intake and nutrient digestibility of Barbari bucks.
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