| Effect of flaxseed consumption on blood parameters of dairy goats in their first pregnancy |
| Paper ID : 1060-WDG2017 |
| Authors |
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هدی جواهری بارفروشی *1, Nader Asadzadeh2, Hassan Sadeghipanah3 1خیابان شهید بهشتی- روبوری دهقان ویلای اول- موسسه تحقیقات علوم دامی کشور 2Animal Science research Institute 3Animal Science Research Institute |
| Abstract |
| In order to evaluate the effect of consumption of different sources of dietary supplementary fat on the concentration of blood hormones and metabolites in the nulliparous Saanen goats, 30 young female goats, which were in the second half of their first pregnancy, were divided to three groups (10 head in each group) after weighing. One group as negative control received a ratio with any source of fat, the second group received palm oil saturated in diet (positive control) and the third group received extruded flaxseed as the source of omega-3 in their diet. The diets of all three groups were adjusted according to NRC 2007 requirements for dairy goats. All three groups received these nutritional treatments from 2.5 months of late pregnancy up to 4 months after kidding. During the experiment, blood sampling to determine the changes in the concentration of metabolites (glucose, cholesterol, triglycerides, total protein, albumin, globulin, and urea) and hormones (insulin, cortisol, estradiol and progesterone) was performed monthly (from two months before kidding to two months after that). Blood glucose concentrations for the omega-3 group were significantly lower than the other two groups (P<0.05). The concentration of triglyceride, total cholesterol, and blood urea was significantly lower in the control group than in the other two groups (P<0.05). Total protein and globulin concentrations in the omega-3 group were significantly higher than the other two groups (P<0.05). Serum insulin and cortisol concentrations were significantly higher in the control group than in the other two groups (P<0.05).. |
| Keywords |
| Dairy goats, omega-3, immunity, blood parameters, extruded flaxseed |
| Status: Abstract Accepted (Poster Presentation) |