Effects of dietary black cumin seed meal on growth performance, meat quality, rumen and blood parameters in lambs
This study was conducted to investigate the effects of dietary black cumin seed meal on growth performance, meat quality, rumen and blood parameters in lambs. A total of 32 Akkaraman male lambs aged 3 months were allocated individual pens with 8 replicates and fed with experimental diets for 84 days...
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| description | This study was conducted to investigate the effects of dietary black cumin seed meal on growth performance, meat quality, rumen and blood parameters in lambs. A total of 32 Akkaraman male lambs aged 3 months were allocated individual pens with 8 replicates and fed with experimental diets for 84 days. Experimental groups were as follows: 1: Control (C, no black cumin seed meal, BCSM), 2: BCSM supplementation to concentrate 5% (BCSM5), 3: BCSM supplementation to concentrate 10% (BCSM10), and 4: BCSM supplementation to diets 20% (BCSM20). Although dietary BCSM did not affect growth performance, blood parameters, carcass, and meat traits, BCSM increased meat cooking loss (at 5% level) and meat thawing loss (at 10 % level) compared to control and other treatments (P<0.05). BCSM also did not change rumen volatile fatty acids, except decrease in butyric acids on the 35th day of the experiment. In conclusion, when given the optimal energy: protein ratio, black cumin seed meal can be used as an alternative protein source in animal feeds since it does not negatively affect the growth performance, carcass quality and health status of lambs. |
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| spelling | oai:generic.eprints.org:256342025-07-21T07:34:36Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/25634/ Effects of dietary black cumin seed meal on growth performance, meat quality, rumen and blood parameters in lambs Toker, Osman Konca, Yusuf Sahin, Ahmet This study was conducted to investigate the effects of dietary black cumin seed meal on growth performance, meat quality, rumen and blood parameters in lambs. A total of 32 Akkaraman male lambs aged 3 months were allocated individual pens with 8 replicates and fed with experimental diets for 84 days. Experimental groups were as follows: 1: Control (C, no black cumin seed meal, BCSM), 2: BCSM supplementation to concentrate 5% (BCSM5), 3: BCSM supplementation to concentrate 10% (BCSM10), and 4: BCSM supplementation to diets 20% (BCSM20). Although dietary BCSM did not affect growth performance, blood parameters, carcass, and meat traits, BCSM increased meat cooking loss (at 5% level) and meat thawing loss (at 10 % level) compared to control and other treatments (P<0.05). BCSM also did not change rumen volatile fatty acids, except decrease in butyric acids on the 35th day of the experiment. In conclusion, when given the optimal energy: protein ratio, black cumin seed meal can be used as an alternative protein source in animal feeds since it does not negatively affect the growth performance, carcass quality and health status of lambs. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2025 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/25634/1/SE%2011.pdf Toker, Osman and Konca, Yusuf and Sahin, Ahmet (2025) Effects of dietary black cumin seed meal on growth performance, meat quality, rumen and blood parameters in lambs. Sains Malaysiana, 54 (4). pp. 1101-1111. ISSN 0126-6039 https://www.ukm.my/jsm/english_journals/vol54num4_2025/contentsVol54num4_2025.html |
| spellingShingle | Toker, Osman Konca, Yusuf Sahin, Ahmet Effects of dietary black cumin seed meal on growth performance, meat quality, rumen and blood parameters in lambs |
| title | Effects of dietary black cumin seed meal on growth performance, meat quality, rumen and blood parameters in lambs |
| title_full | Effects of dietary black cumin seed meal on growth performance, meat quality, rumen and blood parameters in lambs |
| title_fullStr | Effects of dietary black cumin seed meal on growth performance, meat quality, rumen and blood parameters in lambs |
| title_full_unstemmed | Effects of dietary black cumin seed meal on growth performance, meat quality, rumen and blood parameters in lambs |
| title_short | Effects of dietary black cumin seed meal on growth performance, meat quality, rumen and blood parameters in lambs |
| title_sort | effects of dietary black cumin seed meal on growth performance, meat quality, rumen and blood parameters in lambs |
| url | http://journalarticle.ukm.my/25634/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/25634/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/25634/1/SE%2011.pdf |