Veterinary
World, Vol.2(5): 195-198 RESEARCH
Haematological Profile and Growth Performance of
Goats under
Transportation Stress
Ambore, B.1,
Ravikanth, K.2, Maini, S.2 and Rekhe, D.S.2
Department of veterinary medicine,
KNP College of Veterinary &
Animal Sciences, Dist. Satara, Maharashtra, India.
Abstract
Stress
in caprine lowers overall growth, performance and induces various
haematological alterations. A study was conducted in 24 Osmanabadi goats
divided randomly into four groups; negative control (I), positive control (II),
treated groups III & IV. Group III was given Restobal liquid@20 ml/animal
bid & group IV, Stresomix premix@5gm/day/animal with gur for 10 days. Group
II, III, IV were subjected to transportation stress on day 10th. Pre-load and post-load transported
goats were weighed to assess the weight loss during the journey and blood
samples were collected for haematological evaluation. Administration of both
the antistressor, immunomodulator and performance enhancer formulations to
goats prior to their transportation was found safe and efficacious as evident
by significantly lesser shrinkage of body weight and normalization of
physiological and haematological parameters.
Keywords:
transportation,
stress, goat, polyherbal, weight shrinkage.