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Vitamin A supplementation moderates the effects of
Ascaridia galli infestation on
haematological parameters and serum proteins in experimentally infected
chickens
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Muhairwa, A.P1*., Barnabas,
E2., Maselle, R.M2., Kassuku, A.A3. and
Msoffe, P.L.M1&4 |
1Department of Veterinary Medicine and Public Health,
Sokoine University of Agriculture, Chuo Kikuu, Morogoro Tanzania, 2Department
of Veterinary Pathology, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Morogoro
Tanzania, 1&4 Directorate of Undergraduate Studies,
University of Dodoma, Dodoma Tanzania
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Abstract |
The objective of this
work was to investigate the effects of vitamin A supplementation on the
levels of total serum proteins, albumin, globulins, albumin/globulin
ratio, haemoglobin concentration and haematocrit in chickens
experimentally infested with Ascaridia galli. One hundred, ISA brown
chickens, aged eight weeks, were divided into four equal groups, and,
depending on the groups, they were experimentally infected with 350
embryonated eggs of A. galli and daily supplemented with 1500 I.U retinyl acetate. Group
I was infested with A. galli
alone, group II infested and supplemented, group III neither infested
nor supplemented and group IV was supplemented with vitamin A alone. The
results show that chickens that were infested with
A. galli alone (Group I) had
significantly lower values of the measured parameters than the non
infested (group III). However, levels of globulin were not statistically
different between the two groups. Similarly, group II (Infestation with
supplementation) had significantly lower values of total serum proteins,
albumin, globulin), albumin/globulin ratio, haematocrit and haemoglobin
than group IV (Non infested and supplemented). On the other hand group I
(Infestation alone) had significantly lower values of the above
mentioned parameters than group II (Infestation with supplementation)
(P<0.005). Similarly, group IV (supplemention alone) had significantly
higher values than group III (non supplemented). It is concluded that
A. galli infestation lowers
serum total proteins, albumin, albumin/globulin ratio as well as
haemoglobin concentrations, haematocrit and body weight, and
that, vitamin A supplementation improves the levels of the above
mentioned parameters.
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Keywords:
Poultry; nutrition;
vitamins A; helminthosis |
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To cite this article:
Muhairwa AP, E Barnabas, RM Maselle, AA Kassuku and PLM Msoffe, 2015.
Vitamin
A supplementation moderates the effects of
Ascaridia galli infestation on
haematological parameters and serum proteins in experimentally infected
chickens.
Res.
Opin. Anim. Vet. Sci., 5(1): 3-12. |
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