Relative importance of hematological parameters of blood in the assessment of estrus response of anoestrus cross-bred heifers treated with compounded herbal drugs

Abstract

Herbal medicines have stood the test of time for their safety, efficacy and cultural acceptability, economical and lesser side effects. In view of this contest an experiment trail was conducted to identify the efficacy of compounded herbal drugs (M:A:W and A:W:M) on hematological parameters of blood viz, hemoglobin, total red cells or erythrocyte count (TRC) and total leukocytes count (TLC) and their relationship with estrus response of eighteen anestrus cross-bred heifers in three different seasons (spring, rainy and winter) for the period of 90 days including one month of pre-experimental feeding in each season. Results revealed that compounded herbal drugs have significant (P 0.05) impact on hemoglobin and total leukocytes count while total red cell were found non-significant. When assess the relative importance of hematological parameters with estrus response it was found maximum (72.22%) in M:A:W (T2) treated group followed by A:W:N (T3) and control (T1) group. Therefore, in case of seasons the hematological parameters only TRC after treated with compounded herbal drug has significant (P 0.05) Impact, while hemoglobin and TLC were found non-significant. The level of TRC and estrus response were found best (7.09 mill./cumm and 66.67%,respectively) in spring season. Whereas the combined effect of treatments and seasons did not reveal any significant impact on hematological parameters but assessing the relativity to estrus response concern, it was found best (100%) in spring season treated with M:A:W (T2) compounded herbal drugs.