Effect of dietary substitution of dried Moringa oleifera Lam. leaves on blood-serum proteins of Badri cattle

The present study was carried out on 45 Badri cattle of the age groups 6-12 months, >12-18 months and lactating animals. All the animals of different age-groups were divided into control (T0), treatment 1 (T-1) and treatment 2 (T-2) groups where the treatment groups 1 and 2 were fed with concentrate and dried Moringa leaves @10 % and 20% substitutions, respectively, for a period of 12 months. The results showed that total serum protein and serum globulin were significant in all the age-groups of experimental animals, while significantly increased albumin/globulin ratio was observed in lactating animals from 0.94 +/- 0.01 in T0 group to 0.89 +/- 0.01 in T-2 group, respectively. The study revealed that substitution of dried Moringa leaves in concentrate feed of Badri cattle improved haematological protein quality of the experimental animals, and hence, can be substituted by the farmers in field conditions.