Effect of feeding Nigella Sativa on production performance and some blood parameters of Hamdany lambs

A. O. Al-Sherwany, D.

	Effect of feeding Nigella Sativa on production performance and some blood parameters of Hamdany lambs
Al-Anbar Journal of Veterinary Sciences
Article 1, Volume 3, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 149-160 PDF (189.02 K)
Author
D. A. O. Al-Sherwany
Abstract
This experiment was carried out at the Grdarash Field of the Animal Resource Dep. College of Agriculture University of Salahaddin-Erbil, Sixteen Hamdany male lambs, weighing 32.97kg live weight and (5.5-6) months old, were randomly distributed to four groups, (4 lambsgroup) were used to investigate the effect of two levels (0, 7.5 gm Nigella Sativa (N.S) kg dry matter) for each level of feeding (low 2.5 and high 3.5kg feed 100kg live weight) for (70) days daily and total intake, live weight gain, feed conversion ratio, length and dimensions of animal body and fat tail and some blood parameters were measured. The results showed on increase in the Levels of feeding led to significant (p<0.01) increase for intake of dry matter, organic matter and crude protein gday and gkg w0.75 between second and fourth with first and third treatments, were as no significant differences obtained in daily intake for different nutrition elements between lambs feeding with or without (N.S). In spite of there was no significant differences but there was simple differences between treatments in daily and total live weight gain, third and fourth treatments (contained N.S) were higher than first and second treatments. The over feed conversion ratio (7.04, 6.48, 5.73, 5.67)gm dry matter gm live weight gain, were differed significantly (p<0.01) between treatments. There were also significant differences (p<0.05) in height body of animals. There were significant (p<0.01) increase of lambs feeding (N.S) on growth hormone, blood sugar and cholesterol, but were significantly (p<0.01) reduce serum uric acid.

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