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Original ArticleBuffalo Bulletin (March 2011) Vol.30 No.1EFFECT OF DIETARY INCLUSION OF YEAST CULTURE (<strong>Saccharomyces</strong> <strong>cerevisiae</strong>)ON GROWTH PERFORMANCE OF GRADED MURRAH BUFFALO BULL CALVESD. Srinivas Kumar, J. Rama Prasad and E. Raghava RaoABSTRACTIn a 180 day feeding trial, 12 gradedMurrah buffalo bull calves (127.8±4.1 kg and 11to 12 months) were randomly divided into twoequal groups of six animals each (control andtreatment) taking into consideration their bodyweight. During the trial, calves in both the groupswere offered a conventional concentrate mixtureto meet the protein requirements for maintenanceand growth 500 g/d (ICAR, 1998) and had accessto chopped Guinea fodder ad libitum. The calvesin the treatment group received yeast culture(<strong>Saccharomyces</strong> <strong>cerevisiae</strong> CNCM I-1077 strain)of 0.25 g/animal/day. The DMI (kg/d) increased(P>0.05) in bull calves fed diets supplemented withyeast culture as compared with the control group.The average daily gains (ADG) were significantly(P
Buffalo Bulletin (March 2011) Vol.30 No.1increased DMI was reported by Kamra et al.(2002) in crossbred calves and by Kishan Kumarand Ramana (2008) in Deoni calves. The averagedaily gain (g/d) for graded buffalo bull calves inthe control and treatment groups were 462.13 ±15.96 and 549.91 ± 31.35, respectively (Table 3).The average daily gains were significantly (P
Buffalo Bulletin (March 2011) Vol.30 No.1intestine (Nagamalleswara Rao et al., 2003).The dry matter intake / kg gain for gradedbuffalo bull calves in control and treatment groupswere 9.94 and 9.52 kg, respectively (Table 3).The feed efficiency improved with inclusion ofyeast culture in the diet and was reflected in thesignificantly increased ADG in buffalo bull calvesfed yeast culture supplemented diets. These resultsare in agreement with the findings of Saha et al.(1999), Reddy and Bhima (2003), Kishan Kumarand Ramana (2008), who reported improved feedefficiency with yeast culture in the diets. The costof feed / kg gain for buffalo bull calves in the controland treatment groups was calculated as Rs 33.10and 32.01, respectively (Table 3). In the presentstudy, the marginal decrease in cost of feed in theyeast culture supplemented group was attributed toimproved feed efficiency in bull calves.Thus, it can be concluded that inclusion ofyeast culture (<strong>Saccharomyces</strong> <strong>cerevisiae</strong> CNCMI-1077 strain) of 0.25 g / animal / day increasedADG, improved feed efficiency and decreased thecost of feed per unit live weight in graded Murrahbuffalo bull calves without any adverse effects.REFERENCESICAR. 1998. Nutrient Requirements of Livestockand Poultry. Indian Council of AgriculturalResearch, New Delhi, India.Kamra, D.N., L.C. Chaudhary, Neeta Agarwal,R. Singh and N.N. Pathak. 2002. Growthperformance, nutrient utilization, rumenfermentation and enzyme activities incalves fed on <strong>Saccharomyces</strong> <strong>cerevisiae</strong>supplemented diets. Indian J. Anim. Sci.,72(6): 472-475.Kumar, M.K. and D.B.V. Ramana. 2008. Effect ofsupplementation of yeast culture to calvesfed with complete diet. Indian Vet. J., 85:667-669.Mutsvongwa, T., I.E. Edwards, J.H. Topps andG.F.M. Paterson. 1992. The effect ofdietary inclusion of yeast culture (Yeasacc)on patterns of rumen fermentation,food intake and growth of intensively fedbulls. Anim. Prod., 55(1): 35-40.NagamalleswaraRao, T., Z. Prabhakara Rao,J. Rama Prasad and P.E. Prasad. 2003.Supplementation of probiotics on growthperformance in sheep. Indian J. Anim.Nutr., 20(2): 224-226.Panda, A.K., Rameshwar Singh and N.N. Pathak.1995. Effect of dietary inclusion of<strong>Saccharomyces</strong> <strong>cerevisiae</strong> on growthperformance of crossbred calves. J. Appl.Anim. Res., 7(2): 195-200.Reddy, G.V.N. and B. Bhima. 2003. Effect of yeastculture based diet on growth and nutrientutilization in Deoni bull calves. Ind. J.Anim. Nutr., 20(1): 101-104.Saha, S. K., S. Senani, M.K. Padhi, B.R. Shome,Rajeshweri Some, S.P.S. Ahlawat and R.Shome. 1999. Microbial manipulation ofrumen fermentation using S. <strong>cerevisiae</strong> asprobiotics. Curr. Sci., 77: 696-697.Umesh Kumar., V.K. Sareen and Sudarshan Singh.1998. Effect of supplementation of yeastculture (Yea-sacc1026) in the diet on liveweight gain in buffalo calves. Indian J.Anim. Sci., 68(5): 501-503.66
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