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

45 pregnant Ganjam does were randomly distributed into three treatment groups (T₁, T₂, T₃), 15 in each for evaluating the effect of concentrate supplementation 2 months before expected date of kidding on their haematobiochemical profiles. All the does were maintained on browsing besides additional concentrate supplementation @ 200 g/day and @ 300 g/day in T₂ and T₃ respectively. Blood samples were collected at the beginning and 60^th 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 T₂ (52.219 ± 1.315 mg/dl) and T₃ (53.115 ± 2.089 mg/dl) as compared to T₁ (46.730 ± 0.815 mg/dl) while serum urea concentration in T₂ (12.540 ± 0.736 mg/dl) and T₃ (12.193 ± 0.819 mg/dl) was significantly (P<0.05) lower than T₁ (28.733 ± 0.947 mg/dl) on 60^th 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.