Authors
Department of Animal Production, College of Agriculture, University of Anbar, Ramadi, Iraq
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Document Type : Research Paper
Abstract
This study was conducted in the ruminant pen of the Department of Animal Production/College of Agriculture/University of Anbar for a period of 45 days. The aim of the study was to know the effect of oral administration of ewes with nutritional supplements on the blood characteristics of ewes. Twenty-four local ewes were used, ranging in age from 2-5 years and weighing 45-55 kg. They were randomly distributed to four treatments with 6 ewes per treatment, as follows: Group One (T1) (10 mg N-acytl cystine/kg body weight), Group Two (T2) (10 mg N-acytl cysteine/kg body weight). Body +0.03 mg selenium / kg body weight), group III (T3) (10 mg N-acytl cysteine / kg body weight + 0.03 mg zinc / kg body weight), group IV (T4) control. To know the effect of treatment on the level of the following blood tests: red blood cell count, hemoglobin concentration, white blood cell count, granulocyte count, lymphocyte count and monocyte count in local ewes blood. The results showed that there were no significant differences between the experimental treatments compared to the control group in the blood of local ewes.
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