تأثير استخدام البنتونايت في علائق النعاج العواسية على نمو المواليد

Abstract EN

This study was conducted on 36 Awassi ewes at different ages (2,3 and 4 years) together with their single lambs and damping at sheep farm / Mosul Technical Institute.

Ewes were equally divided into four groups ,age of dam was considered ,and fed on four rations containing different levels of bentonite(0,1,2 and 3% respectively) after parturition for 12 weeks (weaning time) to study the effect of bentonite level on lambs growth .

The results also revealed that all factors studied (level of bentonite, age of dam and sex of lambs) and significant (p<0.05) effect on weekly lamb weights ,mean weekly gain and total gain .level of bentonait had no effect on the digestibility of the different and the total nutrient