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Effectiveness of Garlic Powder as Nutritional in Ouled-djellal Ewes

A. Kahouli¹*, N. Kaboul¹, F. Rekike²

¹Food Sciences Laboratory, Institute of Veterinary and Agronomic Sciences, University of Batna 1, 05000 Batna, Algeria;
²Institute of Veterinary and Agronomic Sciences, University of Batna, 05000 Algeria.

Malaysian J. Anim. Sci. 2023 26(2): 34-40

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The aim of this study is to try the effectiveness of garlic powder to promote ewes performances remplacing 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.