| dc.description.abstract | This study was carried out for the purpose of determining the effect of black
cumin (Nigella Sativa) on body weight, feed consumption, feed convertion ration,
antioxidant capacity of blood serum , and the levels of total protein, ph and urea
levels in the rumen.
For the research, totally 5 group was formed including 6 lambs in each.
During the resarch to the ratios of one of the experiment groups (control) was not
given black cumin and to the other groups black cumin was given with the ratios of 1
%, 2 % , 3 %, 4 % respectively. In the groups there were 30 lambs aging from 12 to
14 weeks. The research lasted 8 weeks. For the diets as roughage alfalfa hay was
used. Water and feeds was given ad libitum. The lambs were weighed weekly to
determine their body weight performance. Feed consumption were weighed daily.
The lambs were exposed to the group feeding. At he end of the trial samples of
blood and rumen liquid were taken.
The mean body weight gain were found as 325.0, 320.3, 312.8, 324.2, 323.8
respectively in the control and experiment groups. It was found that these numbers
have no significant statistically.
With the use of black cumin to the level of 4 % in pirlak lambs diets, no
negative effect was seen between proportions of feed convertion ratio and the values
of parametres in blood serum; total protein, urea, and antioxidant capacity, rumen
liquid urea valuses. On the other hand when the value of rumen ph values were
compared with the control group it was found that it increased ( P < 0.05) .
As a result it was found that the use of black cumin to the level of 4 % for
the feed convertion ratio of lambs had no negative effect on the body weight gain of
specific blood parametres. Even it could be said that the use of black cumin had
positive effect by increasing ph value of rumen liquid against the problem of acidose
which causes the ruminants that were fed with concantrated feeding negative effects. | en_US |
