Influence of potassium iodide salts supplementation on rumen fermentation parameters, thyroidgland hormones, blood constituents and body weight gain in goats in egypt.

Document Type : Original Article

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Department of medicine and infectious disease, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, CairoUniversity, Giza, Egypt.

Abstract

The present study was carried out to investigate the influence of addition of potassium iodide salts on rumen function , thyroid hormones Triiodothyronine (T3) , Thyroxine (T4) , thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) ,body weight gain ,blood cellular constituent and serum biochemical constituents in goats in Egypt. Fifteen fattening goats belonging to: farm of Faculty of Agriculture , Cairo Univeristy were divided as: Control group (8)only in measurement of body weight gain and experimental group (7). In all other parameters ; experimental group at zero day was the control .Their ages ranged between (6-11 months) in experimental group and (8-9 months) in control group. This study extended to about 2 month at (zero, 15, 30 and 65 days) . Goats drank potassium iodide dissolved in distilled water in the morning with dose 3.8 mg. KI / animal / day. Significant increase in body weight gain and variable significant decrease in T3 and T4 hormones indicating they were still in normal range , changes in blood urea nitrogen and glucose level and changes in hematological parameters.

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