Effect of Maca Tuber Powder with or Without Vitamin E on Some Blood Biochemical Characteristics and Antioxidant Status of Ross 308 Breeder Males

Abstract

This study was conducted at the University of Kirkuk / College of Agriculture in the fields ofthe Department of Animal Production to see if the powder was essential in the semencharacteristics of the breeder males of Ross 308 broilers, as 40 roosters were randomly divided atthe age of 55 family trips, five roosters per treatment, the third treatment, the treatment First, firsttreatment (first treatment) add 0.5 gm vitamin E / kg feed, third treatment add 0.5 gm maca tubersbase / kg feed, fourth treatment add 1 gm maca tubers base / kg feed + add 0.5 g base maca tubers/ kg feed + add 0.5 gm maca tubers base / kg feed + add 0.5 g vitamin E / kg feed, seventh treatment1 1 gm maca tubers base / kg feed + add 0.5 g vitamin E / kg, eighth treatment, 1.5 maca tuberspowder / kg feed + Add 0.5 gm vitamin E / kg. Results The addition of the study group to the studygroup. The high concentration of maca tubers powder 1.5 gm maca powder basis / kg feed with orwithout vitamin E represented by the fifth and eighth treatments was a significant superiority overthe control group and the rest of the study in improving the volume of ejaculate, spermconcentration, movement and individuality of sperm, offset by a significant decrease in thepercentages of dead and distorted sperm, and an increase in the percentages of dead and distortedsperm. Significant in the concentration of glutathione and the decrease in MDD in all study groupcompared to the group over a period of four and eight weeks. Based on this study, this studyproduced broiler broilers by age

Keywords

• maca
• vitamin e
• semen characteristics