EFFECT OF ADDITION OF DIFFERENT LEVELS OF GINGER (ZINGIBER OFFICIALE) AND VITAMIN E TO THE RATIONS OF AWASSI EWES ON SOME BLOOD TRAITS

Abstract

The study was undertaken to compare the effect of addition of different levels of ginger and vitamin E to the ration cellular and biochemical blood characteristics in Awassi ewes. The experiment was conducted on Awassi ewes, aged between 3- 4 years with a mean weight 37±5 kg, presented in the private farm in Ramadi, Anbar. The animals were divided into five groups (5 ewes for each group). The first group (T1) not treated serve as a control, second (T2), the third group (T3) and the fourth group (T4) were treated with 10, 15 and 20 gm from ginger three times weekly for each ewe. While, the fifth group (T5) treated with 500mg vitamin E three times weekly for each ewe, blood samples were collected at day 15, 30, 45, 60 of the experiment. The results showed that there was a significant increase in pcv %, Hb%, the numbers of RBCs, WBC, lymphocytes and platelets in T4 during all the periods. While, the biochemical characteristics of serum showed a high significant value of total protein and globulins for T4 and T5 in the most of the periods. Fourth treatment showed significant decrease on the values of glucose, cholesterol and urea at all periods except the value of cholesterol at the first period. The result showed there was no significant difference in the concentration of albumin between different treatment at all periods. It was concluded that the ginger and vitamin E have beneficial effect on blood traits in the ewes