The combined effect of black and fenugreek seeds supplementation on growth performance and some blood biochemical attributes in karadi lambs

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this experiment was designed to study the combined effect of black and fenugreek seeds on growth performance and some blood metabolites of Karadi lambs.

Twenty Karadi lambs averaged 37.97±0.63kg in weight were randomly divided equally into four treatments and individually penned.

All lambs received standard isonitrogenous and isoenergetic ration( 14.3% crude protein and 10.628 ME/MJ/kg DM).

The control group received basal diet, Treatment 1 supplemented with Nigella sativa seeds(25gm /day), treatment 2 diet supplemented with fenugreek seed powder (40gm/day) and treatment 3 lambs diet supplemented with Nigella sativa seeds(12.5gm/day) and fenugreek seed powder (20gm/day).

Results revealed that lambs in T1 group recorded the highest daily gain in weight (0.32±0.03 kg) and significantly higher feed conversion (5.70±0.28 kg/kg) compared with other treated groups.

It can be concluded that diet supplemented with Nigella sativa improved daily gain and lamb had a better feed conversion.