Effect of Feeding Soybean and Sesame Seed Meal on Semen and Blood Plasma Traits in Awassi Rams

• Published in: IOP conference series. Earth and environmental science 2023-07, Vol.1213 (1), p.12076
• Main Authors: Shihab, Safwan L., Mohammed, Omar D., Ahmed, Falah H.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Awassi rams; Blood characteristics; Blood levels; Blood plasma; Body weight; Cholesterol; Diet; Formaldehyde; Seed meal; Semen; Semen parameters; Sesame meal; Sesamum; Soybeans; Urea
• ISSN: 1755-1307; 1755-1315
• DOI: 10.1088/1755-1315/1213/1/012076

This study was done by using 15 Awassi male lambs, with an average body weight of 60.70 kg and age 10-12 months. Lambs were randomly distributed into three treatments, the first treatment was fed on a diet that contained (10%) soybean meal, the second treatment was fed on a diet that contained (11%) untreated sesame seed meal, and the third treatment was fed on a diet containing (11%) of formaldehyde-treated sesame seed meal. The results showed that daily feed intake decreased in T3 by 1.07 kg as compared with the T1 and T2 (1.34 and1.27 kg) respectively, semen characteristics did not differ as a result of treatments but dead sperm in the T3 was significantly decreased (p≤0.05) 11.31% as compared with the T2 15.57%. Blood glucose was higher (p≤0.05) in the T2 at 93.97 mg/dl as compared with the T1 and T3 (72.74, 73.26 mg/dl) respectively. also, cholesterol concentration increased significantly in T3164.57 mg/dl compared with T1 and T2 (134.27 and 140.05 mg/dl) respectively. Whereas, feeding sesame meal treated with formaldehyde led to a significant decrease (p≤0.05) in blood urea concentration of 42.88 mg/dl compared to 48.14 and 50.47 mg/dl, respectively, for the T1 and T2.