Performance of Surti Goats Fed with Albizia lebbeck and Terminalia arjuna Tree Leaves.

Surti goat kids were selected as experimental animals to evaluate the effects of replacing Albizia lebbeck (AL) and Terminalia arjuna (TA) leaves with conventional green fodder (jowar) on growth and blood biochemical parameters. Control (T1) animals were fed basal diet including 200 g green jowar, which was replaced with AL and TA tree leaves in T2 and T3; while each of 100 and 150 g of AL and TA leaves were fed to kids of treatment groups of T4 and T5, respectively. Results revealed that the DM intake was alike between the treatments. Growth rate was found (P<0.05) higher in TA leaves fed (T3) group (45.04±0.56 g). Blood biochemical parameters, serum minerals and enzyme activity (ALT and AST) were comparable and remained in normal range among the experimental kids. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]