
The effects of different levels of summer savory (Satureja Hortensis L.) dry powder and essential oil on performance, ruminal fermentation and blood metabolites of west Azerbaijan native kids | ||
علوم دامی | ||
Article 6, Volume 27, Issue 105, February 2015, Pages 53-66 PDF (1.72 M) | ||
Document Type: Research Paper | ||
DOI: 10.22092/asj.2015.100717 | ||
Authors | ||
Sina Payvastegan* ; Parviz Farhoomand; Amir Talatapeh; Mohsen Sahraei | ||
Abstract | ||
Effects of summer savory (Satureja Hortensis L.) dry powder (SSDP) and essential oil (SSEO) on performance, ruminal fermentation and blood metabolites were assessed using 20west Azerbaijan native kids (16±1.94 kg initial live weight) in a random block design with 5 treatments (4 replicates per treatment) over a 13-week period. Treatments were: i) basal diet without additive (Control), ii): basal diet with 10 g/d of SSDP, iii) basal diet with 20 g/d of SSDP, iv) basal diet with 100 mg/d of SSEO and v) basal diet with 200 mg/d of SSEO. Treatments had no effects (P˃0.05) on dry matter intake, average daily gain and feed conversion of kids. The ruminal pH of the groups fed diets which supplemented with 20 g/d of SSDP or 200 mg/d SSEO tended to be lower (P˂0.05) than those fed other additive treatments. Concentrations of total volatile fatty acids, acetate, butyrate and branched-chain volatile fatty acid were not changed by treatments, while supplementation of 20 g/d of SSDP or 200 mg/d SSEO to diets resulted in higher (P˂0.001) propionate molar proportion versus the other additive treatments. Ammonia N concentration significantly reduced (P˂0.05) when diet supplemented by high dose of SSDP. The blood urea nitrogen was also significantly decreased (P˂0.05) by addition of 20 g/d of SSDP compared with control. However plasma concentrations of glucose, total protein, albumin, triglycerides, cholesterol, high density lipoprotein, beta hydroxyl butyric acid and non-esterified fatty acids were not differ (P˃0.05) among treatments. In conclusion, the results of this study indicated that addition of SSDP or SSEO to diet have the potential to improve ruminal fermentation of kids | ||
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