The effect of adding fennel (Foeniculum vulgare) seed powder to the diet of fattening lambs on performance, carcass characteristics and liver enzymes

Autor:	Mohammadreza Mohammadabadi, R. Tahmasbi, A. Khezri, Zohre Hajalizadeh, O. Dayani
Rok vydání:	2019
Předmět:	Foeniculum biology animal diseases Live weight Forage biology.organism_classification Foeniculum vulgare seed Animal science Food Animals Liver enzyme Animal Science and Zoology Dry matter Completely randomized design Morning
Zdroj:	Small Ruminant Research. 175:72-77
ISSN:	0921-4488
DOI:	10.1016/j.smallrumres.2019.04.011
Popis:	The objective of this research was to investigate the effects of adding fennel (Foeniculum vulgare) seed powder (FSP) to the diet on dry matter intake (DMI), live weight gain and carcass characteristics in fattening male lambs. Thirty lambs (27.5 ± 0.45 kg body weight (BW) at eight months of age) were allotted to three experimental diets in a completely randomized design. Experimental diets were 1) control diet (no FSP); 2) diet containing 0.75% FSP and 3) diet containing 1.5% FSP. The ratio of forage to concentrate in diets was 40:60 (dry matter basis). The lambs were allocated to three groups with equal animals and fed the diets for 80-days. At the end of the experiment, all animals were slaughtered on the same day. The day before slaughter blood samples were taken 3 h after morning feeding. Lambs fed the 1.5% FSP diet had greater (P
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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