IMPACT OF REPLACING DIFFERENT ENERGY SOURCES AS SUBSTITUTE OF BARLEY CEREALS ON PHYSIOLOGICAL SIGNS AND BIOCHEMICAL BLOOD TRAITS OF AWASSI EWES.

This experiment was conducted in one of the private sheep farm sector in Al-Fayadhiya village which lies about 30 km to east of the Al-Qasim city of Babylon Governorate. Using of 60 heads of Awassi ewes were used at the beginning of experiment, and average of initial weight of all ewes between 43.5-44.2 kg. In order to find out effect of substituting two energy sources (sugar beet molasses and remnants of rashi industry) as a substitute for barley grains in basal diet so as to studying biochemical characteristics and blood proteins, physiological biology of Awassi ewes. These animals were randomly divided into three groups, at rate of 20 heads for each group. The ewes of the first group were fed on a basal ration that contained barley grains as a source of energy in bush, and then second animals group were fed on sugar beet molasses as an alternative energy source for barley grain. As for third group of ewes which ate diet that contained remnants of the rashi industry as an alternative energy source for grains barley for pregnant period (150 day). The results of the current study revealed highly significant improvement (P<0.1) in levels of red blood cells (RBC), white blood cells (WBC), haemoglobin (Hb), packed cell volume (PCV), mean corpuscular volume (MCV), mean corpuscular haemoglobin (MCH), mean corpuscular haemoglobin concentration (MCHC), total protein, albumin, and globulin, and physiological biology (body temperature, heart pulse and respiration rate) in favor of experimental treatments for pregnant ewes consuming molasses and remnants of rashi industry compared to control group that consumed barley. The results of the red blood cell count were 6.840, 11.319, 11.735 × 106 corpus, white blood cell count 7171, 10506, 10543 cells, the haemoglobin concentration of 6.965, 10.076, 10.350 gm, packed cell volume 19.12, 20.63, 21.31% and mean size of red blood cells. 23,490, 24,495, 24,830 micrograms, average weight of erythrocyte haemoglobin 7.001, 9,300, 9,930 pg, mean erythrocyte haemoglobin concentration of 25,550, 31,933, 32,720 gm, total blood protein 8.37, 11.36, 11.66 gm, albumin 5.33, 6.10, 5.27 gm, and globulin 3.04, 5.26, 5.39 gm, body temperature 38.95, 38.56, 38.12°C, heart pulse rate 88.95, 76.45, 75.65 plus/minute and respiratory rate 52.90, 44.65, 40.30 times/minute for three treatments. We conclude from this study that most of the biochemical characteristics of blood, blood proteins and physiological aspects was improved significantly on blood serum of Awassi ewes that dealt with rations containing molasses and the remnants of rashi industry compared to the group of ewes that ate barley grains in control diet. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]