Buffalo Calf Rumen Development and Feed Additives in Buffalo Calf Feeding
Buffalo Calf Rumen Development and Feed additives in buffalo calf feeding | Use of Mannan-Oligosaccharides and live yeast for muscle growth and rumen. These additives are used for better growth of calves. UVAS experts conducted this research in Anatomy Department for buffalo calf fattening. Dr. Muhammad Zeshan conducted this research under the supervision of Dr. Saima and Prof. Dr. Hafsa Zainab of UVAS Lahore.
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Feed additives in buffalo calf feeding
Like other animals, food also plays an important role in the development of buffalo calves. In this regard, various feed additives are also used in their diet. The aim is to maintain the overall physical growth of the calves and to demonstrate the productive performance of the muscles. Along with this, the development of the animal’s stomach is also closely related to the animal’s productivity. These views have been expressed in a joint study by researchers from the University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore.
Buffalo Calf Rumen Development
He said that like other ruminants, the stomach of calves also consists of four parts. Initially, the rumen of the baby is small and it develops over time. If the development of the rumen is improved, the animal’s food will be digested better, which will lead to better development of other organs of the animal as a whole and the body weight of the animal will also be better.
He said that various experiments are conducted regarding the better development of the muscles and stomach of animals. The effects of different nutrients on their development are also studied.
Mannan-Oligosaccharides and Buffalo Calf Rumen Development
He said that the research conducted at the University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore is also related to this. In the aforementioned study, the effects of using nutrients like live yeast and Mannan-Oligosaccharides on the overall growth of buffalo calves, the shape and structure of the stomach and the shape and structure of the muscles were studied.
Dr. Zeeshan said that the use of probiotics like Mannan-Oligosaccharides in microbiotics is very old. These prebiotics are mainly obtained from the cell wall of yeast, their use in animal feed is increasing. On the other hand, live yeast is also included in animal feed.
Research on Buffalo Calf Rumen Development
Dr. Zeeshan said that in this study, three-month-old male calves were included, whose average weight was (fifty kilograms to eighty kilograms). All the animals were provided with a vegetarian diet. The commercial animals were divided into 4 groups for 67 days.
The first group was the control group, in which no feed additive was added to the diet. The second group was the MOS group, in which Mannan-Oligosaccharides were added at a rate of 5 grams per kilogram of body weight. The third group was the YEAST group, which was given live yeast at a rate of 2 grams per kilogram of body weight. The fourth group was the MIX group, in which both feed additives were added to the diet. In this, 2.5 grams of Mannan-Oligosaccharides and 1 gram of live yeast were given.
Results on Buffalo Calf Rumen Development Study
Explaining the results of this experiment, he said that this study shows that the number of live microbial index in the stomach increased with the addition of Mannan-Oligosaccharides and live yeast and their combined use, as well as the pH of the stomach improved (pH < 0.05).
Elaborating further in this regard, he said that the results showed a significant increase in the FCR and average daily food intake of the MOS group and the MIX group. Significant improvement was seen in the shape and structure of the gastric epithelium in the Mix group. The thickness of the gastric epithelium was less in the control group and the live yeast group than in the Mix group.
Dr. Zeeshan said that the quality of the muscles was tested with the help of their structural experiment and a clear improvement was found in the quality of the muscles of the MIX and MOS groups. Histological examination of the Longissimus dorsi cross-section of the muscle showed a significant improvement in the diameter of the muscle fibers.
Dr. Zeeshan said that it can be concluded from this study that better growth of the cutters can be achieved by using Mannan-Oligosaccharides and live yeast in the diet and their combined use.
He thanked Dr. Saima Masood, Dr. Hafsa Zainab and others for their creative support and guidance in this research.
