EFFECT OF ERUCA SATIVA SEEDS POWDER AS FEED SUPPLEMENTATION ON SOME PHYSIOLOGICAL TRAITS OF MALE LAMBS

Abstract

This study was carried out by Kufa university to determine the activation of Eruca sativa (jar jeer) seeds powder on some hormones and blood parameters of waste lambs.The fifteen awassi lambs at aged 4-4.5 year and average weighed of (33.04)Kg were fed traditional ration and randomly divided into three groups.The first group fed traditional ration without additions as control group, second and third groups fed normal diet with 40 or 80 gm/kg of body weight of eruca sativa seeds powder ,the lambs fed with  Eruca sativa seeds shows significant decrease of anti-mullerian hormone, significant increase  of testosterone hormone .There was  significant increase in ALP alkaline phosphatase in lamb fed on diet with E.sativa seed powder  as compared with control ,there was no significant differences in levels ofAST, ALT enzymes in second and third treatments