The Effect of Moringa Oleifera Administration on Productive Performance in Local Awassi Male Lambs

Abstract

The present study focus of the livestock industry in increased feed efficiency, which can be achieved by feed supplementation because it is high in crude protein and almost free of important secondary compounds, there is evidence that Moringa oleifera improves the quality of sheep products., Moringa oleifera could take the place of maize meal in livestock supplementation plans. Therefore, the purpose of this experiment was to determine how daily administration of Moringa seed extract to lambs affected their weight gain as well as their blood plasma levels of glucose, protein, and urea. Ten awassi male lambs (18.656 kg is the average beginning body weight) were allocated at random into two groups of five lambs. They were accommodated for 21 days  before starting, All animals were fed barley grain daily at 2.5% of their body weight per head, The feeding schedule was changed every two weeks based on weight,  the first group serving as the control group whereas the second group administered orally, once, daily of 50mg/kg M.oleifera  seed extract (MOSE) for twelve weeks with measurements of the parameters taking place every two weeks to determine: Cholesterol, Triglycerides, Glucose, Blood urea,  and Body weight measurements will be obtained every two week. The result shows decrease in concentration of blood glucose, cholestrol, Triglyceride and urea  while there were significant (P ˂0.05) increase in body weight in MOSE (A28.40±1.85b) compare with control group (CON) .