International Journal of Agricultural Sciences

Full Length Research Paper

Impact of feeding soy enriched burfi on the internal body parts of the albino rats

T. Verma¹, J. Singh², Ram Niwas³, D. Singh⁴, A. K. Gautam⁵ and S. kumar⁶

^1-6Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, BHU, Varanasi-221005, India.

*Corresponding author: [email protected] 

Accepted 28 June 2013

Abstract

The present article was designed with the aim to see the impact of feeding soy enriched burfi on the internal body parts of the albino rats. In said context, Out of 200 albino rats, 20 albino rats of similar body weight and body conformation were selected at fifth day after birth and randomly divided into four groups of five each with an average body weight of 26.7± 3gm. The albino rats were fed ad libitum exclusively on the basal ration (maize 25% + Bajra 25% + Gram chunni 50%) in group I (G1). In rest of the groups, out of 50% gram chunni in basal ration, 25% was replaced with normal burfi in group 2 (G2), soy burfi (containing 10 % soy flour) in group 3 (G3) and soy burfi (containing 20% soy flour) in group 4 (G4) for a period of 42 days. Result revealed that within the treatment groups, when there is increase in the level of Soy in burfi, the average weight gain in albino rats becomes lower but no significant changes have been reported in the internal organ parts. So, Soy burfi can be good nutritious substitute of normal burfi.

Key words: Albino rats, basal ration, organs, burfi.