Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci (2019) 8(12): 225-231 225 Original Research Article https://doi.org/10.20546/ijcmas.2019.812.032 Effect of Probiotics (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) Supplementation on Growth Performance of Growing Barbari and Sirohi Goats V. N. Gautam*, Shraddha Shrivastava, G. P. Lakhani, R. P. S. Baghel, B. Roy, A. Jain and Rahul Shehar Department of L.P.M., College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, N.D.V.S.U., Jabalpur, India *Corresponding author ABSTRACT Introduction Probiotics are non-pathogenic microbes which occur in nature and the gastrointestinal tract of ruminant animals, where they pose a positive effect on the physiology of the host (Dunne et al., 1999). Probiotics improve microbial ecosystem (Sandine, 1979; Musa et al., 2009), nutrient synthesis and their bio-availability resulting in better growth performance in farm animals (Oyetayo and Oyetayo, 2005). In addition to these probiotics also improve nutrient absorption (Teeler and Vanabelle, 1991), reduce the incidence of intestinal infection (Casas and Dobrogosz, 2000) and restore the gut micro flora in case of diarrhoea International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences ISSN: 2319-7706 Volume 8 Number 12 (2019) Journal homepage: http://www.ijcmas.com The study was conducted to evaluate the influence of probiotic supplementation on body weight, body weight gain, body length, Sirohi and Barbari kids just after weaning at the age of 2-3 month of either sex were selected and distributed randomly i.e. Twenty four (24) Sirohi and Twenty four (24) Barbari male and female kids were randomly selected from the Institute’s flock for the study. Average body weight (kg) of Barbari kids at the end of experiment was14.38 ±0.24,15.25 ±0.23,15.81 ±0.26, 16.15 ±0.19 and Sirohi kids was 15.00 ±0.24,15.87 ±0.23,16.42 ± 0.26,16.77 ±0.91 in T i , T 2, T 3 and T 4 groups respectively. The overall body weight gain (kg) during experimental period of Barbari kids was 0.55 ±0.01, 0.72 ±0.03,0.76 ±0.03 and 0.82±0.03kg and of Barbari kids was 0.55 ±0.01, 0.55± 0.02, 0.76±0.03 and 0.82±0.03 for T 1 , T 2, T 3 and T 4 group respectively. At the end of experiment average body length (cm) in Barbari kids were recorded as 57.58 ±0.25, 60.20 ±0.53, 60.26 ±0.31and 59.40 ±0.59 and in Sirohi kids were recorded as 59.04 ±0.25, 61.66 ±0.53, 61.66 ±0.53 and 60.86 ±0.59for T 1 , T 2, T 3 and T 4 group of respectively. Keywords Probiotic supplements, Weight gain, Body weight gain, Body length, Sirohi Accepted: 04 November 2019 Available Online: 10 December 2019 Article Info