Vol. 10, Issue 2 (2022)
A study on citric acid supplementation on growth performance and nutrient utilization in cross bred cattle
Author(s): B Chandrika, MVAN Suryanarayana, B Devasena and Y Ravindra Reddy
Abstract: Sixteen lactating cross bred cows randomly assigned to four treatments with each group containing four animals in a Completely Randomized Design were evaluated to study the affect of supplementation of Citric acid at different levels in combination with concentrate pellet feed, green fodder and paddy straw on growth performance and nutrient digestibility. The dietary treatments contained adlibitum APBN-1 green fodder, concentrated pellets and paddy straw at 2.5% of body weight. The dietary treatments were a basal diet as control (T1), T1 + 30g Citric acid/animal/ day (T2), T1 + 60g of Citric acid/animal/day (T3) and T1 + 120g Citric acid/animal/day (T4). The initial and final body weights (kg) of the four groups were found to be non-significant (P<0.05). The total weight gain (kg) and ADG (g) was significantly higher (P<0.05) among treatments. T1 (control) recorded the lowest ADG (g) (P<0.05) as compared to other treatments. Except for ADF and NDF digestibility (%) all the remaining nutrient digestibilities were significant (P<0.05) among treatments. There was a linear increase in the digestibility of nutrients for DM, OM, CP, EE, CF and NFE as the dose of Citric acid supplementation increased. The metabolic body weight (W kg0.75) and dry matter intake (kg/day) were higher for T4. The value of FCR was lowest for T4 followed by T3, T2, T1 and was in the order of (T4< T3
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B Chandrika, MVAN Suryanarayana, B Devasena, Y Ravindra Reddy. A study on citric acid supplementation on growth performance and nutrient utilization in cross bred cattle. Int J Chem Stud 2022;10(2):105-107.
