Effect of dried and ensiled pomegranate by-pr oduct on performance, blood metabolites and meat quality of Balochi lambs
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Jul 27, 2025
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2025-07-27
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Balochi lamb Tannin Pomegranate Silage Meat quality
Abstract
This study aimed to investigate the addition of dried and ensiled pomegranate by-products on the performance, rumen parameters, blood metabolites and meat quality of Balochi ram lambs. A total of 18 lambs at 90 d age with similar body weight (BW, 28.0±3.5 kg) with 6 replicates per treatment were used. The experimental treatments including 1) Control, 2) 20% of dried pomegranate by-product, 3) 20% of ensiled pomegranate by-product. According to the results, it was found that the use of pomegranate by-products does not have a significant effect on daily weight gain, feed consumption and feed conversion ratio (P>0.05). Except the constant rate of gas production, other rumen parameters were significantly affected by the experimental treatments (P<0.05). Furthermore, the use of pomegranate by-products had a significant effect on blood cholesterol (P<0.05). Moreover, the dietary treatments have no significant effect on meat traits and its components (P>0.05). The overall results showed that ensiling pomegranate by-products could reduce the amount of tannin in them to a greater extent.
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Hashemi Kondori, S., Vakili, R., & Ghiasi, S. (2025). Effect of dried and ensiled pomegranate by-pr oduct on performance, blood metabolites and meat quality of Balochi lambs. Journal of the Hellenic Veterinary Medical Society, 76(2), 9237–9246. https://doi.org/10.12681/jhvms.38760 (Original work published July 5, 2025)
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