Abstract:
This study was conducted at the College of Veterinary Medicine- Sudan University
of Science and Technology Hillat Kuku. The aim of the study was to investigate
the effects of feeding mesquite leaves on some blood parameters and body weight
of rat. Mesquit leaves were collected from Hillat Kuku and were air dried in a
room. four rat diets were formulated containing the dried leaves at four levels
(0%, 5%, 10% and 15%).
Twenty male rats, with an average weight of 55-60 gm were used .The rat of this
study divided randomly into four groups and were allotted randomly to one of the
four diets. Blood samples were collected from the retrorbital plexus in EDTA
containing tubes and analyzed by Sysmex autoanalyzer (KX-2n/Spain) for
determination of erythrocytes count, hemoglobin concentration, packed cells
volume, mean corpuscular volume, mean corpuscular hemoglobin, mean
corpuscular hemoglobin concentration and total leucocytes count .
The animals which were fed mesquite leaves at the highest level (15%) showed
bilateral alopecia, all the other animals did not show any signs of discomfort or
illness. Adding mesquite leaves to the diet of albino rat did not have any significant
effect on the studied hematological parameters. All the obtained values are within
the normal range reported in the literature for albino rat
It is concluded that the mesquite leaves can be added to young male mice feed u
to 10%without causing any hematological or clinical alterations.
