Background and Objective: Functional foods became important, plus containing essential nutrients to achieves health benefits. So, this study aimed to examine the effects of the inclusion of full-fat linseed and soy seed in an extruded form on the performance of dairy Damascus goats. Materials and Methods: Sixty dairy goats divided into 4 groups (40±1 kg live weight, 2nd and 3rd lactation seasons) as follow: (R1) control ration (CR) consisted of concentrate feed mixture (CFM) and corn silage, (R2) CR with extruded linseed (ELS) by 2.5% and Extruded Soybean Seeds (ESS) by 2.5% in CFM, (R3) CR with ELS by 5% in CFM and (R4) CR with ESS by 5% in CFM. Milk yield recorded, milk composition, fatty acids, digestibility and blood parameters determined. Results: Data of total digestible nutrients cleared that R3 and R4 were significant (77.14 and 77.15%, respectively). Milk yield recorded an increase with R4 more than other rations by 23 and 26% with R1, 18 and 16% with R2 and 7 and 16% with R4 as actual and corrected fat. Milk fat was significantly higher with R3 (3.14%) compare with other rations. Values of linolenic acid C18:3 was higher with R3 (0.57%, linseed) by 119% compare with R4 (soybean) followed by R2 (mix) by 90% then R1 by 16%. Blood cholesterol was higher with R4 (34 mg dL1) followed by R2 (22 mg dL1), R3 (19.20 mg dL1) and R1 (9.6 mg dL1). Conclusion: Summing up, the addition of oilseed especially linseed in the extruded form had a positive significant effect on the performance of dairy goats. PDFFulltextXMLReferencesCitation
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Omar Abd El-Hakeem Sayed, Mohamed Ahmed Hanafy, Adel Eid Mohamed Mahmoud, Hossam Mahrous Ebeid and Mohamed Sayed Farghaly, 2021. Productive Performance of Damascus Dairy Goat’s Fed on Rations Containing Extruded Full-Fat Linseed and Soybean Seeds. International Journal of Dairy Science, 16: 75-84.