Effect of vitamin A supplementation on performance and blood constituents of Saidi ewes and their offspring. | ||
| Assiut Journal of Agricultural Sciences | ||
| Article 2, Volume 50, Issue 2, June 2019, Pages 14-25 PDF (366.13 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ajas.2019.41866 | ||
| Authors | ||
| I. A. Soliman1; M. N. M. Abd El-Ati2; G. B. A. Mahmoud1; Zeinab M. M. Hassan1 | ||
| 1Department of Animal Production, Faculty of Agriculture, Assiut University | ||
| 2Department of Animal Production, Faculty of Agriculture,Assiut University | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Forty pregnant ewes of more than two successive lambing seasons, at the second half of gestation period, were used to evaluate the effects of supplemented vitamin A on growth performance, blood constituents, levels of vitamin A and β˗carotene of Saidi ewes and their offspring. Pregnant ewes (48.48 ± 0.09 kg B. W.) were assigned to 4 treatment groups of 10 ewes each in the Farm of Animal Production Department, the Faculty of Agriculture, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt.. Vitamin A was drenched in the form of pale yellow to brown granular powder as vitamin A acetate content ≥ 1,000,000 IU/g which had been certified by china council for the promotion of international trade. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| vitamin A; saidi ewes; lambs; blood constituents | ||
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