Effect of Using Ground Anise Seeds with Ground Pomegranate Peels on some Productive and Physiological Traits After Parturition of Local Female Goats

Abstract

This study was conducted in the laboratories of the Animal Production Department that, belongs to the College of Agriculture / Sumer University, for the purpose of investigating the effect of using ground anise seeds with/or ground pomegranate peels on some productive and physiological traits after birth for local female goats, for the period from 12/1/2021 to 12/4 /2021, in which 16 local female goats were used with their offspring of similar ages and weights, distributed randomly to four treatments, with four animals per group (4 animals/group). (T1), The first treatment group (control) which was fed on the normal ration without any addition, (T2), the second treatment group which was fed on the normal ration with the addition of 0.5% ground pomegranate peels to the ration, (T3), the third treatment group which was fed On the regular ration with the addition of 0.5% ground anise seeds to the ration, (T4), the fourth treatment group, which was fed on the normal ration, with the addition of 0.5% ground pomegranate peels and 0.5% ground anise seeds to the ration. The results indicated that weight gain showed a clear significant difference of the pomegranate group (T2) and the pomegranate and anise group (T4) compared to the control group (T1) for some periods of the study. As for the results of RBCS, it showed a significant difference of the groups (T3) and (T4) over the other groups for the third month only. The results of PCV showed a clear significant difference of all groups compared to control (T1) group for the most months. As for the results of hemoglobin (Hb), it was shown that all groups of the experiment were significantly superior to the control group (T1) in all periods except the second month, While, the results of (WBCs) showed a significant variation for the (T1) group over all groups in the first and third months, as well as for the (T2) group, showed a significant variation over the two groups (T3) and (T4) for the first month, as well as group (T3) significantly superior to group (T2) and (T4) at the third month. The results of (B%) showed a significant superiority of the (T1) group over all groups in all months of the experiment. As for the average daily milk production of mother goats, it was found that the (T1), (T3) and (T4) groups were significantly higher to the (T1) group in most months of the experiment. As for the acidity %, all groups outperformed the (T1) group during the most months of the experiment. As for the percentage of fat, the control group was significantly superior to all groups in the first month of the experiment, while the other groups were significantly superior to the first group with progressing month of the experiment. As for the non-fatty solids, all groups showed superiority significantly over the control group at the most periods of the experiments.