Effect of induced transportation stress in goats supplemented with vitamin C and jaggery during hot dry season |
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Authors: | Nazir Ahmad Mir Ashutosh Ashutosh Shahid Ahmad Shergojry Sajad Ahmed Wani Fayaz Ahmad Sheikh |
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Institution: | 1. Krishi Vigyan Kendra Leh, Sher e Kashmir University of Agricultural Science and Technology Kashmir, Srinagar, India;2. Dairy Cattle Physiology Division, National Dairy Research Instiute, Karnal, India;3. Krishi Vigyan Kendra Kulgam, Sher e Kashmir University of Agricultural Science and Technology Kashmir, Srinagar, India;4. Department of Veterinary Extension, Khalsa College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Amritsar, India;5. Animal Nutrition Division, Sher e Kashmir University of Agricultural Science and Technology Kashmir, Srinagar, India |
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Abstract: | The objective of current study was to investigate the effect of induced transportation stress in goats and to seek a novel approach to minimize the transportation and seasonal effect on the physiology of goats by supplementing them with Vitamin C and Jaggery before transportation. Fifty goats were selected and divided into five groups with ten animals in each group. Group 1 served as negative control and was neither supplemented nor transported, while as goats in groups 2 to group 5 were transported for 10 hours on the day of transportation. Group 2 goats were not supplemented; group 3 goats were supplemented with Vitamin C @180 mg/kg body weight/day; group 4 goats were supplemented with jaggery @200g/day/animal; group 5 was supplemented with both vitamin C and jaggery for 5 days before transportation. Effect of transportation stress varied significantly among groups in terms of haematological, biochemical, hormonal, mineral and blood gas parameters. Transportation up to 10 hours induced stress in goats during hot dry season as represented by changes in different physiological parameters and body weight shrinkages. Supplementation of Vitamin C and Jaggery aided in reducing transportation stress individually, with variable effects on stress response parameters and there combination synergistically proved promising in alleviating transportation stress in goats. |
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Keywords: | Supplementation season road transportation alleviation ascorbic acid |
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