Effect of a Wonder Herb Azolla on Buffaloes Milk Yield

Singh, Bacchu; Meena, G.S.; Meena, Kamlesh; Meena, R. K.; Singh, Bachchu; Indoria, Deepa

doi:10.20546/ijcmas.2017.611.124

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“…Bhatt et al (2020) concluded that Azolla pinnata feeding improves the feeding and resting behavior without affecting the overall performance ofcalves. Similarly, an average milk yield increase of 1.70 L/day was reported by Singh et al (2017) in lactating buffaloes and tremendous increase in milk yield (19.32 %) was found. It was also supported by Mathur et al (2013), with 20.96 % and 16.90 % increase in milk yield in cattle and buffalo respectively and by Rawat et al (2015) and Gowda et al (2015) in cross bred cattle.…”

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confidence: 65%

“…Here the fat corrected milk followed increasing trend with 7.04±0.15 (Control) and 7.92±0.09 (Azolla fed) groups. Further the milk yield showed increasing trend and it increased to 10.5 L/ day from 8.8 L/day after 90 days of azolla feeding per day with conventional feed Mustard oilseed cake in lactating buffaloes (Singh et al 2017;Meena et al 2017). Hence the total milk yield for 90 days also have significant difference between control and treatment group i.e, 585±0.53 L and 666±0.58 L respectively.…”

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confidence: 85%

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Effect of azolla as feed supplement on milk production of lactating buffaloes at Neemuch District of Madhya Pradesh

Kerketta¹,

Naruka²,

Verma³

et al. 2020

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Azolla holds the promise of providing a sustainable feed for livestock. Azolla, a floating fern reported to be a very good source of protein, essential mineral elements and vitamins for livestock. The present study was undertaken to know effect of feeding azolla on milk production performance (milk yield, fat%, SNF%) of lactating buffaloes under field conditions. A total of 40 lactating buffaloes were selected and categorized into two groups each having 20 buffaloes. The animals in control group (T0) were fed on conventional ration of paddy straw, green fodder and concentrate mixture as per recommendation of NRC. In the treatment group (T1) 2 kg of fresh azolla was supplemented over conventional ration. The effect of fresh Azolla supplementation in lactating buffaloes was studied in an early lactation period of 90 days. The average milk yield (kg/d) was found significantly higher (P<0.05) in T1(7.4±0.08) than T0 (6.5±0.13). On an average milk yield increase by 0.9 L/day over control group animals. These results showed that supplementing of azolla caused an increase in milk yield by 13.8 %. The average percentage of milk fat, milk protein, SNF showed no significant difference between two groups but the fat% was found higher in T1 as compared to T0. Peak milk yield was also found significantly (P<0.05) higher in azolla fed group than the control group. Thus, it can be concluded that azolla can serve as a potential alternative nutrient supplement for the lactating buffaloes for the improvement of productivity in terms of milk specially where/when green fodder availability is scanty. However, further studies are needed for determining the replacement amount of azolla for concentrate to make it cost effective for farmers.

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confidence: 65%

Section: Total Costmentioning

confidence: 85%

Effect of azolla as feed supplement on milk production of lactating buffaloes at Neemuch District of Madhya Pradesh

Kerketta¹,

Naruka²,

Verma³

et al. 2020

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“…Cherryl et al (2014) realized the importance of Azolla as pig feed as the results were found to be at par with the expensive soybean-based meal. Increase in the milk yield due to feeding of Azolla has been reported in buffaloes (Mathur et al 2013;Singh et al 2017). Kololgi et al (2009) observed increase in milk yield by 10% in lactating buffaloes.…”

Section: Azolla As Feed Supplement For Fishmentioning

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Perspectives on the utilization of Azolla-Anabaena system as feed supplement

Abraham¹,

Jaiswal²,

Singh³

et al. 2021

Indian J of Anim Sci

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The nitrogen fixing aquatic pteridophyte Azolla is one of the fastest growing nitrogen-fixing plants and it is used as a potential source for high rate biomass production. Azolla has the ability to fix atmospheric nitrogen at cheaper and faster rates due to the presence of a symbiotic cyanobacterium Anabaena azollae. Therefore, the ability to fix atmospheric nitrogen is important from an agricultural perspective. However, Azolla is gaining popularity as feed supplement for cattle, poultry and fish. Further, the ease of cultivation and favourable nutrient composition make Azolla an important feed supplement. This review focuses on the perspectives of Azolla as feed supplement.

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“…Some advantages for Azolla is it can grow rapidly and double its biomass in every three days. It produces more than 4 to 5 times the protein compared with hybrid Napier and Lucern [35] and proved to a potent aquatic water fern for the bio filtration of various toxic metals [36].…”

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Accumulation of Iron, Zinc and Lead by Azolla pinnata and Lemna minor and activity in contaminated water

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In this study, two aquatic macrophytes namely, Azolla pinnata and Lemna minor are floating plants were obtained from Agric. Microbial Dept., Soils, Water and Environment Research Institute (SWERI), Agric. Res. Center (ARC), Giza, Egypt and used to some heavy metal such as Iron, Zinc and lead This study reported the ability of two aquatic plants (A. pinnata and L. minor) to remove Iron, Zinc and lead from aqueous solutions FeSO4.7H2O, ZnSo4.7H2O and C4H6O4Pb.3H2O of four different initial concentrations (0-100 ppm) for 20 days under greenhouse conditions. The results indicated that A. pinnata gave higher growth density than that recorded for L. minor during all the tested incubation periods from zero time up to 20 days. Results obtained in this study showed a maximum removal of Fe, Zn (88.18, 84.63 %) by L. minor at 100ppm initial metal concentration however the maximum removal by A. pinnata at the same concentration was (86.97, 81.14%) after 20 day of incubation. These A. pinnata appeared to be more efficient than L. minor for removing Pb .On the other hand A. pinnata was better than L. minor in biomass for each of the elements used in the experiment during the incubation period.

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Effect of a Wonder Herb Azolla on Buffaloes Milk Yield

Cited by 8 publications

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Effect of azolla as feed supplement on milk production of lactating buffaloes at Neemuch District of Madhya Pradesh

Effect of azolla as feed supplement on milk production of lactating buffaloes at Neemuch District of Madhya Pradesh

Perspectives on the utilization of Azolla-Anabaena system as feed supplement

Accumulation of Iron, Zinc and Lead by Azolla pinnata and Lemna minor and activity in contaminated water

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