Citation
Kahouli, A. and Kaboul, N. and Rekike, F. (2023) Effectiveness of garlic powder as nutritional in Ouled-Djellal ewes. Malaysian Journal of Animal Science (Malaysia), 26. pp. 34-40. ISSN 2550-2123
Abstract
The aim of this study is to try the effectiveness of garlic powder to promote ewes performances replacing feed additives and antibiotics in livestock. Therefore, twelve Ouled-Djellal adult ewes at 5 months of gestation, clinically healthy, were allotted to two experimental lots to monitor their body condition, their milk production, and their growth. Ewes are fed with a basic ration dominated by oat hay and a limited share of barley straw. They were also supplemented with a control granular concentrate in the control group (C) and added with 2% garlic powder in the experimental group (E). The recorded data were processed with the STATISTICA V.6 program using a T-student test and its analogue test U-Mann Whitney to assess the effect of treatment. The treatment seems to have no significant effect on the body condition of ewes, lambs growth and milk composition. However, the cumulative milk yield during the first week and the first two months of suckling is significantly (P<0.05) higher in the experimental group compared to the control (+40 and +34%, respectively). In light of this finding, garlic fails to promote the performances of ewes at the end of gestation.
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Abstract
The aim of this study is to try the effectiveness of garlic powder to promote ewes performances replacing feed additives and antibiotics in livestock. Therefore, twelve Ouled-Djellal adult ewes at 5 months of gestation, clinically healthy, were allotted to two experimental lots to monitor their body condition, their milk production, and their growth. Ewes are fed with a basic ration dominated by oat hay and a limited share of barley straw. They were also supplemented with a control granular concentrate in the control group (C) and added with 2% garlic powder in the experimental group (E). The recorded data were processed with the STATISTICA V.6 program using a T-student test and its analogue test U-Mann Whitney to assess the effect of treatment. The treatment seems to have no significant effect on the body condition of ewes, lambs growth and milk composition. However, the cumulative milk yield during the first week and the first two months of suckling is significantly (P<0.05) higher in the experimental group compared to the control (+40 and +34%, respectively). In light of this finding, garlic fails to promote the performances of ewes at the end of gestation.
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| Item Type: | Article |
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| AGROVOC Term: | ewes |
| AGROVOC Term: | barley straw |
| AGROVOC Term: | milk |
| AGROVOC Term: | feeding |
| AGROVOC Term: | food supplementation |
| AGROVOC Term: | feed additives |
| AGROVOC Term: | antibiotics |
| AGROVOC Term: | milk yield |
| AGROVOC Term: | body condition |
| AGROVOC Term: | milk composition |
| Geographical Term: | Algeria |
| Depositing User: | Ms. Azariah Hashim |
| Date Deposited: | 11 Feb 2026 04:09 |
| Last Modified: | 11 Feb 2026 04:09 |
| URI: | http://webagris.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/3199 |
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