Effect of Pistachio hull feeding on some quality parameters on Farahani breed rams

This experiment was conducted to study the effect of different dietary Pistachio hull supplement on blood metabolites in Farahani sheep breed lambs. This study was conducted at the research farm of the department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agricultural and Natural Resources of Arak University. Fifteen rams were used in a completely randomized design (CRD) with 3 groups consisting control and two other treatments. Wet pistachio hull first were completely dried in the sun and then were ground. Sundried pistachio by-product contained twigs, skins, bony shells and leaves. These groups contained 0, 12.5(T1) and 25(T2) percent dietary supplemented with pistachio hull respectively. The results showed that no significant differences were observed between treatments and control group for glucose, total protein, ALT, ALK,. AST, albumin and total protein were significant between control and treatments) P