Effect of prepartum concentrate supplementation on blood biochemical profiles of pregnant Ganjam goat

45 pregnant Ganjam does were randomly distributed into three treatment groups (T-1, T-2, T-3), 15 in each for evaluating the effect of concentrate supplementation 2 months before expected date of kidding on their haematobiochernical profiles. All the does were maintained on browsing besides additional concentrate supplementation @ 200 g /day and @ 300 g/day in T-2 and T-3 respectively. Blood samples were collected at the beginning and 60th day of experiment for analysis of hemoglobin, serum glucose, urea, total protein, albumin, globulin and A/G Significant differences (P<0.05) were observed for serum glucose in T-2 (52.219 +/- 1.315 mg/dl) and T3(53.115 +/- 2.089 mg/dl) as compared to T-1 (46.730 +/- 0.815 mg/dl) while serum urea concentration in T-2 (12.540 +/- 0.736 mg/dl) and T-3 (12.193 +/- 0.819 mg/dl) was significantly (P<0.05) lower than T-1 (28.733 +/- 0.947 mg/dl) on 60th day of feeding. Non significant results were observed for haemoglobin, total protein, albumin, globulin and A/G ratio between the treatments prior to kidding. It was concluded that prepartum concentrate feeding @200 g /day/doe is required to maintain the glucose level in does after compensating the energy needs of growing foetus.