Abstract
The study was carried out to observe the effect of dietary supplementation of Fenugreek seed on body condition score (BCS), udder
health, and faecal egg per gram (EPG) of dairy cows. Twelve multiparous lactating cows at an early stage of lactation were selected
and randomly allotted into two groups (n=6) of six cows each. The animals in group-T0 were fed normal feed without fenugreek seeds
and served as control. The animals in group-T1 were given ground fenugreek seeds (Trigonella foenum) @ 100 g/d/head for 90 days, in
addition to the usual feed/fodder. The udder health, body condition score, and faecal egg count of gastro-intestinal helminths were
recorded fortnightly for 90 days. The mean numerical value of BCS was higher (3.78 ± 0.06 vs. 3.60 ± 0.07), whereas milk pH (6.63 ±
0.02 vs. 6.81 ± 0.02), SCC (1.95 ± 0.07 vs. 2.37 ± 0.05 x105
) and EPG (866.67 ± 21.40 vs. 964.29 ± 27.29) were non-significantly lower in
treatment group as compared to the control group.
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