~ 591 ~ International Journal of Chemical Studies 2020; 8(2): 591-594 P-ISSN: 2349–8528 E-ISSN: 2321–4902 www.chemijournal.com IJCS 2020; 8(2): 591-594 © 2020 IJCS Received: 19-01-2020 Accepted: 21-02-2020 Archana Yadav Ph.D. Research Scholar, LPM Division, ICAR-NDRI, Karnal, Haryana, India Ramesh Chandra Senior Scientist, LPM Division, ICAR-NDRI, Karnal, Haryana, India AK Dang Principle Scientist, A.P. Division, ICAR-NDRI, Karnal, Haryana, India Kuladip Prakash Shinde Assistant Professor, Animal Production, KVK, Sri Ganganagar, SKRAU, Bikaner, Rajasthan, India Shailesh Kumar Gupta Assistant Professor, LPM, CARS Kunkuri, Jahspur, IGKV, Chhattisgarh, India Deepanshu Gupta Ph.D. Research Scholar, Physiology Division, ICAR- IVRI, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India Manish Ahirwar Ph.D. Research Scholar, LPM Division, ICAR-NDRI, Karnal, Haryana, India Anup K Singh Ph.D. Research Scholar, LPM Division, ICAR-NDRI, Karnal, Haryana, India Mamta Singh Assistant Professor, LPM, DUVASU, Mathura, Uttar Pradesh, India Corresponding Author: Archana Yadav Ph.D. Research Scholar, LPM Division, ICAR-NDRI, Karnal, Haryana, India Effect of polyherbal mixture supplementation during transition period on colostrum composition of sahiwal cows Archana Yadav, Ramesh Chandra, AK Dang, Kuladip Prakash Shinde, Shailesh Kumar Gupta, Deepanshu Gupta, Manish Ahirwar, Anup K Singh and Mamta Singh DOI: https://doi.org/10.22271/chemi.2020.v8.i2i.8831 Abstract The present investigation was conducted at LRC, ICAR-NDRI, Karnal to find out the effect of polyherbal mixture supplementation on colostrum production and SCC of the Sahiwal cows during the transition period. For that 32 multiparous Sahiwal cows were selected and divided into four groups, Eight cows in each group. Control (T0) group of cows were offered the ration as per the standard feeding schedule (NRC, 2001). The treatments group (T1, T2 and T3) cows were offered the same ration and with additionally in T1 group 200 g poly-herbal (50 g each Shatavari, Methi and Jeera; 25 g each Dalchini and Tulsi; added with 250 g jaggery) mixture was offered for 30 days before and 60 days after calving and in T2 group 150 g poly-herbal (25 g each Ajwain, Fennel, Ginger, Black cardamom and Black seeds, 20 g Turmeric and 5 g Clove; boiled with 25 g Black salt and jaggery) mixture was offered from parturition to 7 days postpartum and in T3 group the poly-herbal mixture combination was given as a treatment. The colostrum yield and SCC of Sahiwal cows were recorded on 1 st , 3 rd and 5 th day after calving. The analysis of variance of data revealed that, the cows of T1, T2 and T3 groups had significantly ( P≤0.05) higher lactose percentage on 5 th day when compared to control. However, colostrum fat %, protein %, solid not fat (SNF) % and total solid (T S) % of treatment groups (T1, T2 and T3) were more or less similar, if compared with the control group. The combination of polyherbal supplementation had better effect on the colostrum composition of the Sahiwal cows during the transition period. Keywords: Transition period, polyherbal mixture, colostrum fat, colostrum protein, colostrum lactose, colostrum solid not fat, colostrum total solid and Sahiwal cow Introduction India is leading country in milk production worldwide. For this the National Dairy Plan-I (NDP-I) has been launched by the government of India (GOI) with the aim to double milk production in the country by 2020. At present the milk production is 176.3 million tonnes with 375 gm/d per capita availability of milk (dahd.nic.in, 2017-18) and contributing 4.11% to GDP. Our country owns 192.49 million of total cattle population that contributes 35.94% of the total livestock (2019 Livestock census). The percent of cattle contributing 22% from indigenous and 18% from crossbred or exotic cows. The population of Sahiwal cattle in the country is nearly 2.75 million (GoP, 2006). India possess best indigenous breeds like Gir, Sahiwal, Tharparkar and Red Sindhi. Out of which Sahiwal (Bos indicus) is considered to be one of the best milch cattle breed in the tropics of India. Because they are well known for disease resistance, heat tolerance and bred naturally (Leroy and Marchot, 1987) [10] . As milk is an important component of diets for all humans especially for vegetarians, as it is high in essential amino acids that are most likely to be deficient in diets based on vegetable protein. The demand of indigenous cow's milk rising due to the good quality protein. Milk from the Sahiwal breed ( Bos indicus) is of A 2 variety, with the best Beta Casein protein and 22 soluble minerals. Our indigenous cattle faced discrimination due to their low milk productivity and short lactation period. This problem can be minimized by giving more attention during transition period. According to the FAO, the lack of drugs to treat diseases and infections causes loss of 30 to 35% in the animal breeding sector of many developing countries (Confessor et al., 2009) [5] .