Effect of concentrate and urea molasses mineral block supplementation on the blood biochemistry of off season Mecheri lambs

Muralidharan, J.; Jayachandran, Seema; Thiruvenkadan, A.K.; Singh, D. Anandha Prakash; Sivakumar, K.

doi:10.5958/0976-0555.2015.00070.9

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“…Also, the significantly higher triglyceride levels in the rams fed higher concentrate feed is in agreement with the findings of Sarwar, et al [47] who reported significantly higher levels in concentrate treated groups than animals fed with fodder only. The increased levels of total cholesterol values in the rams fed concentrate mix is also in consonant with the results of other authors who recorded higher cholesterol in serum biochemistry of sheep fed concentrate diets compared with those on sole fodder diets [46][47][48]. However, the cholesterol levels were within normal limits which imply that meat from the experimental animals would not cause cholesterol elevation in consumers [49].…”

Section: Haematological Characteristicssupporting

confidence: 76%

Haemato-Biochemical Profile of Yankasa Rams Fed Varying Levels of Panicum maximum Concentrate Mix under Intensive Feedlot in Southwestern Nigeria

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Sok²,

Dd³

et al. 2018

J Anim Sci Res

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Section: Haematological Characteristicssupporting

confidence: 76%

Haemato-Biochemical Profile of Yankasa Rams Fed Varying Levels of Panicum maximum Concentrate Mix under Intensive Feedlot in Southwestern Nigeria

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Sok²,

Dd³

et al. 2018

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“…The findings of the present study agreed with Muralidharan et al, (2015) who established that serum Ca (9.22 ppb) was significantly higher in UMMB group than lambs fed with basal diet only. In another study, Li et al, (2014) established that Zn (8.2±0.3 mg/L) and Cu (5.1±0.25 mg/L) in UMMB group were significantly higher than control group, i.e: 3.15±0.3 mg/L and 2.41±0.2 mg/L for Zn and Cu respectively.…”

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“…Overall, the levels of serum minerals in all treatment groups were low as compared to the reference value might due to severe parasite infestation at initial stage of feeding trial. Besides, in different study, the feeding trial was performed for 180 days to achieve healthy blood minerals profile (Muralidharan et al, 2015). However, UMMB and MUMB groups had showed higher minerals value indicated that UMMB and MUMB supplements had overcome problem associated with nutritional deficiencies and lead to higher serum mineral status in lactating goats.…”

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Effects of non-medicated and medicated urea molasses multi-nutrient block supplements on nutrient intake and blood mineral profile of lactating Saanen goats.

Panadi

Rusli

Mohamed

et al. 2019

JTRSS

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Poor nutrition is a major contributor to the performance of dairy goats on smallholder farms. Hence, strategic supplementation is required to overcome nutritional deficiencies. This paper reviews the effects of urea molasses multi nutrient block (UMMB) and medicated urea molasses multi-nutrient block (MUMB) supplements in comparison with imported commercial mineral blocks (CMB) on nutrient intake and blood mineral profile of Saanen lactating goats. A 90-day feeding trial was conducted at Yusof Ecofarm, Tanah Merah, Kelantan, Malaysia. Twenty four (24) Saanen lactating goats were assigned to four dietary treatments with six (6) goats in each group based on completely randomized block design. Goats in T1 (control) were fed with basal diet only that comprise of roughages and goat pellet while T2, T3 and T4 received equal amount of basal diet and allowed for ad-libitum licking of UMMB, MUMB and CMB respectively. Total dry matter intake (DMI) (kg/d) were 1.14, 1.29, 1.25 and 1.16 in T1, T2, T3 and T4 respectively whereas the UMMB, MUMB and CMB intakes (g/d) were 86.8, 50.4 and 36.6 respectively. There were significant differences (p<0.05) between treatments on nutrient intake. Crude protein (CP), crude fiber (CF), ether extract (EE), acid detergent fiber (ADF) and neutral detergent fiber (NDF) were significantly higher (p<0.05) in T2 and T3 as compared to T1 and T4. The serum concentrations of calcium (Ca), ferum (Fe), copper (Cu) and zinc (Zn) were significantly higher (p<0.05) in T2 with the values of 33.60 ppm, 341.67 ppb, 270.00 ppb and 138.30 ppb respectively as compared to other treatments. Hence, the findings of this research revealed that both UMMB and MUMB were effective in improving nutrient intake and blood mineral profile of lactating Saanen goats.

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“…However, the serum albumin (mg/dl) levels at 150 day were significantly higher as compared to 0 day. These results were similar with the observation of Singh et al 2010 and contrary with the results obtained by Muralidharan et al (2015) who observed that the supplementation of UMMB increased serum protein (P<0.05) in supplemented groups whereas, serum albumin increased significantly (P<0.05) only in concentrate supplemented group (T2). Such variation could be mostly attributed to level of supplement and more importantly on the nature of the basal diet.…”

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Effect of Feeding Solid Multi-Nutrient Blocks on Feed Intake, Nutrient Utilization and Haemato-Biochemical Profile of Crossbred Calves

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Singh²,

Patil³

et al. 2020

IJAR

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Background: Supplementation of urea molasses mineral block (UMMB) showed promising results in improving the nutrient utilization and the productivity of animals. This offers several advantages such as easy transport, storage and handling and reduced risks of poisoning as compared with other approaches, such as giving a small amount of urea in drinking water, sprinkling of urea solution on fibrous feeds before feeding, or urea-ammonization of crop residues. These advantages of solid multi-nutrient blocks (SMB) opened up new vista to enhance productivity in terms of increased milk and meat production and higher reproductive efficiency in ruminant animal species. Keeping the above facts in view, this study was undertaken to determine the effect of feeding solid multinutrient blocks on feed intake, nutrient utilization and haemato-biochemical profile of crossbred calvesMethods: In this study twenty four crossbred male calves of about 14-17 months of age were divided into four groups of six animals in each group. All animals were supplied wheat straw ad lib. In addition, animals in all groups were fed a concentrate mixture to meet out their nutrient requirement. Additionally, 30 % of concentrate mixture (on CP basis) was replaced by solid multi-nutrient blocks (SMB-I), SMB-II and SMB-III in groups T1, T2 and T3, respectively. After 60 days of feeding a metabolism trial of 6 days was conducted to assess the nutrient utilization of animals. Blood samples were collected at 0, 75, 150 day of experimental feeding to determine hematological parameters, enzymes, biochemical parameters and serum mineral concentration.Result: The intake and digestibility of DM, OM, EE, NDF and ADF were comparable among 4 groups. The CP intake was significantly higher in SMB supplemented groups as compared to control but there was no significant difference in CP digestibility among 4 groups. All the animals in four groups were on positive nitrogen, calcium and phosphorus balance. Haematobiochemical parameters like Hb, PCV, glucose, total protein, globulin, A:G, SGOT and SGPT showed non-significant differences (p greater than 0.05) among the groups, however, periodical serum concentrations of albumin, urea and creatinine was higher in crossbred calves at 75 and 150 days of experiment in comparison to 0 day. On basis of present results, it may be concluded that supplementation of SMB can replace 30% crude protein of concentrate mixture without any adverse effect on feed intake, digestibility, nutrient utilization and blood biochemical profile of crossbred calves.

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Effect of concentrate and urea molasses mineral block supplementation on the blood biochemistry of off season Mecheri lambs

Cited by 10 publications

References 6 publications

Haemato-Biochemical Profile of Yankasa Rams Fed Varying Levels of Panicum maximum Concentrate Mix under Intensive Feedlot in Southwestern Nigeria

Haemato-Biochemical Profile of Yankasa Rams Fed Varying Levels of Panicum maximum Concentrate Mix under Intensive Feedlot in Southwestern Nigeria

Effects of non-medicated and medicated urea molasses multi-nutrient block supplements on nutrient intake and blood mineral profile of lactating Saanen goats.

Effect of Feeding Solid Multi-Nutrient Blocks on Feed Intake, Nutrient Utilization and Haemato-Biochemical Profile of Crossbred Calves

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