Effect of Magnetized Water in Some Performance Traits in Mice

Abstract

A Study was conducted to investigate the effect of magnetized water in some performance traits of mice. 80 white Swiss mice, male and female 6-7 weeks of age were randomly divided into two groups; each group included 40 mice’s 20 males +20 females kept in cages separately. Group 1 treatment group were get magnetized water, group 2 control group were get tap water. After whole experimental period 16weeks and 3 days as preliminary period, some performance traits such as body weight BW, total gain TG and feed conversion ratio FCR, in both sexes were determined. Results obtained were revealed that magnetized water 450-500 gauss has no significant effect in BW at 4th, 8th, 12th weeks but males seemed significantly p<0.05 heavier 28.92 gm than females 25.82gm at week 16th in treated groups. TG was significantly p<0.05 higher in males than females in the treated group at 4th and 16th weeks, but it has lack of significance at 8th and 12th weeks. Treated males were progressed in TG in the comparison with control group at week 12th. Differences in FCR between two groups were significant p<0.05 for both sex at week 4th, after 8th weeks FCR tended to similarity, but males had significantly p<0.05 the highest means 1.04 in treated group in the comparison with females which had the lowest 0.94 value at week 12th, at the end of experiment week 16th females had significantly p<0.05, the lowest means 0.7 than males in both groups, but it was not significant in the comparison with females in the control group.