Comparative Ameliorative Efficacy of Tamarind Pulp against Boron on Fluorotic Calves Reared in Periphery Villages of Aluminium Smelter Plant

The aim of this investigation was to carry out thecomparative therapeutic study on fluorotic calves reared in vicinity of an aluminium smelter plant. The F burden in the environmental samples (soil, fodder and water) collected from the vicinity of aluminium smelter was significantly higher than that of non-fluorotic zone. Significantly higher level of F was also recorded in plasma, urine and faecal samples which were associated with significant alterations in haemato-biochemical parameters in the F-exposed calves compared to the calves reared in non-fluorotic area. Supplementation of tamarind pulp in the feed significantly altered the F level in plasma, urine and faeces in the exposed calves along with restoration of haemato-biochemical parameters by day 60 in comparision to the routinely used F-binding agent (Boron) which proved its better efficacy against the development and/or progression of fluorosis.