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This study was conducted to determine the effects of garlic on egg per gram (EPG) count of feces for gastrointestinal parasites, live weight, and hematological parameters in Black Bengal goat. A total of 18 dry does of 18-22 months of age were divided into 3 groups as T, T1 and T2; where, each group comprised of 6 goats. The goats of T0 were feed with normal feeds, whereas the goats of T1 and T2 were fed with normal feeds plus 25 mL and 50 mL of 10% water solution of garlic twice per day, respectively for 60 days. The EPG count was performed by McMaster counting chamber, and live weight was measured by digital electric balance. EPG count for gastrointestinal parasites was found significantly lower in the treatment groups as compared to T0. Weight gain was recorded significantly higher in the treatment groups. The hematological parameters like total leucocyte count (TLC), erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), packed cell volume (PCV), hemoglobin (Hb) and total erythrocyte count (TEC) showed significant changes in the treatment groups. The study suggests that 10% water solution of garlic is a useful supplementation to decrease EPG count, body weight gain; thus, the 10% aqueous garlic solution can improve the general health condition of goat.
Keywords
Black Bengal goat, Capra hircus, EPG count, Garlic, Hematological parameters, Live weight
ARTICLE HISTORY
Received : June 2015, Revised: 5 August 2015,
Accepted : 6 August 2015, Published online: 12 August 2015.
INTRODUCTION
Bangladesh is an agriculture-based country. In Bangladesh, the term "Agriculture" is considered as the integration of crop, livestock, fisheries and forestry. Among livestock, goat population in Asia constitutes nearly 63.6% of the total Asiatic population (FAO, 2003). Goats are very important and promising animal in the developing countries especially in Asia, and ranks second in terms of milk, meat and skin production, representing about 28.0, 23.0 and 28.0% respectively among the total contribution of livestock in Bangladesh (FAO, 2002). The Government of Bangladesh has started a national program in 2002 (Islam and Huque, 2002) on poverty alleviation, selfemployment, food supply and increase of skin export through goat rearing. The total number of goats in Bangladesh is 34.4 million; among them about 90% are Black Bengal...