EFFECT OF VITAMIN E AND SELENIUM ON BODY WEIGHT OF MERIZ DOES AND IT'S KIDS AND MILK PRODUCTION AND CONSTITUENTS

Abstract

The study was conducted on 21 pregnant Meriz Does investigate the effect of injection Vit E and Sodium Selenite during pregnancy and suckling stage on their kids , Milk yield and it's constituents. The animals were divided into three treatments (7 heads / treatment) ,control treatment was injected weekly subcutaneous with 1ml of normal saline, the second treatment was injected weekly with(2mg ofVit E and 40 µg Sodium Selenite) /Kg of body weight , the third treatment was injected weekly with (4mg of Vit E and 80 µg Sodium Selenite) / Kg of body weight. The results revealed that treating with Vit E and Sodium Selenite led to a significant increase (P ≤ 0.05) in does bodyweights during the1st , 2ndand3rd month of suckling in the (2nd and 3rd) treatment compared with control, and a significant increase (P ≤ 0.05) in the Kid's weight at birth in the in 2nd and 3rd groups compared with control group during (2nd and 3rd) month of lactation , as well as , a significant increase of Kids body weight in the 3rd group during 1st month of lactation compared with other treatments. and in regard to the milk production and constituents , treatments with vitamin E and Sodium Selenite in 3rd group causes a significant increase in daily milk yield along Lactation period as compared with control group , also a significant increase in milk fat quantity on the 2nd and 12th week in 3rd group and a significant increase in milk protein quantity in 3rd group along the lactation except the 4th week m and a significant decrease in milk lactose quantity on 6th , 8th , 10th and 12th week of lactation.

Keywords

• meriz goat
• vitamin e
• selenium
• milk production
• milk constituents
• kids growth