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This study was conducted to investigate the influence of dietary addition of lupin and /or fenugreek seeds on thermo-respiratory response and some blood constituents of Rahmani sheep. Twenty Rahmani lambs of about 3.5 to 4 months old and body weight of 18.8 + 0.5 kg were distributed in four experimental groups. The control group (C) was fed concentrate feed mixture (CFM), termis (Lupin) group (L) was fed CFM supplemented with 4 % lupin seeds, fenugreek (F) group was fed CFM supplemented with 8% fenugreek seeds and lupin with fenugreek (LF) group was fed CFM supplemented with 2% lupin seeds and 4% fenugreek seeds. Respiration rate and rectal, skin ear and wool temperatures were tested biweekly and blood samples were taken monthly for determination of some blood constituents. The experimental period was extended for 150 days. The data were statistically analyzed using GLM procedures of SAS (1996). The results indicated that the respiration rate, rectal temperature and skin, ear and wool temperatures tended to increase in animals fed L and LF seeds and there were no significant differences among L, F and LF diets. There were no significant differences in average value of hemoglobin and PCV, % among lambs fed lupin and/or fenugreek diets. Ration supplemented with L and F had the lowest value of serum glucose concentration in Rahmani lambs compared to the other diets. In particular, lupin diet tended to decrease serum glucose particularly during the second month of experimental period. Animals fed on LF tended to have higher values of serum total protein. Lambs fed on a diet containing F seeds tended to have less serum total proteins than other treatments. Fenugreek feeding tended to decrease serum cholesterol. Serum triglyceride levels were significantly differed among different rations and periods. Serum triglycerides decreased by about 16 and 15% due to L and F feeding at 1 month of the experimental period, the corresponding values at 4 month of the experimental period were 10 and 11%, respectively. The overall means of serum urea-nitrogen concentrations were lower (P<0.05) in lambs fed LF seeds than those fed control diet. However, feeding L or F tended to increase serum ureanitrogen of lambs. The overall means of serum creatinine were not significant among animals fed L, F and LF seeds. The overall means of serum AST and ALT concentrations were not significantly affected by feeding L and F seeds. In conclusion: Lupin or fenugreek seeds tended to have hypoglycemic effects, fenugreek seeds tended to decrease serum cholesterol and feeding both lupin and fenugreek seeds had no deleterious effects on kidney or liver function.

EFFECT OF DIETARY ADDITION OF LUPIN AND/OR FENUGREEK SEEDS ON THERMO-RESPIRATORY RESPONSE AND SOME BLOOD CONSTITUENTS OF RAHMANI SHEEP