Author/Authors :
Golshan-Zoroofi، Mohamad نويسنده Department of Animal Science, Heris Branch, Islamic Azad University, Heris, Iran , , Aghdam Shahryar، Habib نويسنده Department of Animal Science, Shabestar Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shabestar, Iran , , Chekani-Azar، Saeid نويسنده Department of Animal Science, Shabestar Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shabestar, Iran , , Ahadi، Farhan نويسنده Department of Animal Science, Maragheh Branch, Islamic Azad University, Maragheh, Iran ,
Abstract :
Purslane (Portulaca Oleracea L.) known as a wild plant is a reasonable selection for study due to its high
nutritive and antioxidant properties as human food, animal feed and medical utilization. An experiment was
conducted to evaluate effects of diet supplementation with dried leaves and stems of Purslane on lambs
performance. Twenty Moghani lambs (27 ± 3 kg BW) were assigned in four treatment with five replicates, and
were fed diets containing 0% Purslane (control), 5, 10 and 15 % Purslane (T1, T2 and T3, and T4 respectively)
for 90 days of experiment. The lambs were slaughtered after performance calculation to evaluate cold carcass
percentage. Adding Purslane to diet up to 15 % as substituted amounts with alfalfa did not showed any
significant difference on performance and cold carcass. But, considering high nutritive value and lower price of
Purslane in compared to alfalfa, it seems have an economic advantage in feed prices and livestock production
cost.
