The use of rocket salad (Eruca sativa) seeds powder for improve seminal plasma traits of laying breeder males

	The use of rocket salad (Eruca sativa) seeds powder for improve seminal plasma traits of laying breeder males
Kufa Journal for Agricultural Science
Article 1, Volume 4, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 181-195
Abstract
Abstract This study was conducted to evaluate the effect of adding different levels of rocket salad to the diet on some seminal plasma traits of laying breeder roosters. A total of 60 White Hy – Line laying breeder roosters, 32 weeks of age were used in this study. Roosters were randomly distributed into 4 treatment groups of 3 replicates each and each replicate constituted of 5 roosters (15 roosters for each treatment groups). Experimental treatments were as following: T1: control group (Without any addition to the diet), T2, T3, and T4: adding rocket salad seeds at levels 1, 2, and 3 Kg / ton of the diet, respectively. Rocket salad seeds were added to the diet of birds from 34 weeks of age to the end of experiment which lasted 24 weeks. Semen was collected from roosters fortnightly after treatment with rocket salad powder to evaluate concentration of glucose and protein, and activities of glutamateoxaloacetate transaminase (GOT), glutamatepyruvate transaminase, and alkaline phosphatase (ALP) enzymes in seminal plasma. Results revealed that supplementation of the roosters ration with rocket salad seeds resulted in significant decrease as regards concentrations of glucose and protein, and activities of GOT and GPT enzymes and significant increase concerning ALP enzyme activity in seminal plasma during most months of experiment and with relation to the total mean of these traits. However, T4 (3 Kg of rocket salad seeds / ton of diet) recorded the best results respecting all seminal plasma constituents included in this study. In conclusion supplementing diet with rocket salad seeds especially at the level of 3 Kg / ton of diet resulted in improvement as concerns certain seminal plasma constituents of roosters. Therefore, rocket salad seeds could be used as an important tool for improving reproductive performance of roosters.

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