Tavakol Akhavan Gigloo; Fardin Hozhabri; Manouchehr Souri
Volume 21, Issue 1 , April 2019, , Pages 23-35
Abstract
A total of 24 male and female Sanjabi suckling lambs with an average weight of 4.2 kg at birth day were used in a 90-day trial period using randomized complete block design for evaluation of two dietary antioxidants. The lambs were received forage and concentrate from the second week of birth in addition ...
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A total of 24 male and female Sanjabi suckling lambs with an average weight of 4.2 kg at birth day were used in a 90-day trial period using randomized complete block design for evaluation of two dietary antioxidants. The lambs were received forage and concentrate from the second week of birth in addition to maternal milk. The experimental diets included control (milk and starter), control + 10% lemon balm (Melissa officinalis) and control + one tablet CoQ10 (30 mg). Every 30 day of experiment blood samples were drawn from jugular vein to measure some hematological and enzymatic parameters. No significant difference was observed among treatments for daily milk, dry matter intake and performance of lambs. Hematocrit was not affected due to lemon balm but it was increased (P<0.05) by CoQ10. Diets containing antioxidants increased the total white blood cells compared to control (P<0.05); but monocytes and basophils did not alter these parameters. Lemon balm reduced the lymphocytes and increased neutrophils while CoQ10 did not influence these two parameters. Eosinophil in blood samples of lambs received Lemon balm or CoQ10 were more than that of control (P<0.05). The concentrations of glutathione peroxidase, immunoglobulin-G and total antioxidant capacity were not affected by treatments, but lemon balm supplementation decreased (P<0.05) malondialdehyde index. The results of this experiment showed, the use of lemon balm in 10% of diet as well as 30 mg/day of coQ10 in suckling lambs’ diet improved immune system, however no significant changes observed in the performance of the lambs.
Mokhtar Malaki; Mohammadali Norouzian; Aliakbar Khadem
Volume 15, Issue 2 , October 2013, , Pages 109-115
Abstract
This research was conducted to evaluate the effect of different zinc (Zn) sources on performance, bloodmineral and cell counts of Zandi lambs. 18 male lambs at weaning were supplemented with two differentsources of zinc, 25 ppm ZnSO4 and 25 ppm zinc-peptide added to the basal diet as control. Live bodyweight, ...
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This research was conducted to evaluate the effect of different zinc (Zn) sources on performance, bloodmineral and cell counts of Zandi lambs. 18 male lambs at weaning were supplemented with two differentsources of zinc, 25 ppm ZnSO4 and 25 ppm zinc-peptide added to the basal diet as control. Live bodyweight, weight gain and feed efficiency improved with Zn-peptide supplementation (P<0.05). Sera Znconcentration was higher and copper and iron concentration was lower in zinc supplemented groups(P<0.05). Supplementation of zinc had no effect on blood cell counts except for white blood cells thatdecreased with zinc peptide supplementation (P<0.05). It was concluded that adding 25 ppm zinc peptideto fattening lamb diet improved performance and cause to higher level of blood zinc.