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Haematology and blood chemistry of
finisher broiler chicks fed Hungry rice (Digitaria exilis)
grains as replacement for maize
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Ukim CI1 and Obun CO2 |
1Tertiary
Education Trust Fund, 6 Zambezi Street, Off Aguiyi Ironsi Street,
Maitama, Abuja, Nigeria; 2Department of Animal Production and
Health, Faculty of Agriculture and Life Sciences, PMB 1020, Federal
University Wukari,Taraba State, Nigeria
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Abstract |
An experiment was conducted to evaluate the effect of replacing maize
with Hungry rice grains on haematology and blood chemistry of finisher
broiler chickens. One hundred and fifty 28 day–old chicks were randomly
assigned to five dietary treatments in a complete randomized design with
thirty birds per treatment (replicated three times). The broilers
were fed with diets containing 0, 25, 50, 75 and 100% Hungry rice
rice grains designated as T1 (control), T2, T3,
T4 and T5 respectively. The experimental diets and
clean drinking water were supplied ad libitum throughout the
experimental period of five weeks. At the end of the feeding trial,
blood samples were collected from three broilers per replicate for
haematological and biochemical parameters. The result of the experiment
showed no significant differences (P>0.05) among the treatments for
packed cell volume, red blood cell count, white blood cell count and
mean corpuscular haemoglobin (MCH) but mean corpuscular volume (MCV) in
T1 was significantly (P<0.05) different from those on diets T2,
T3, T4 and T5. The serum biochemical
indices of albumin, globulin and glucose concentrations showed no
significant (P>0.05) differences across the treatment groups but the
creatinine, urea nitrogen, cholesterol and aspartate transaminase
significantly increased (P<0.05). Alanine transaminase of birds in diets
T1 and T2 was similar (P>0.05) but significantly
(P<0.05) different from those in diets T3, T4 and
T5. In conclusion, inclusion of 100 % Hungry rice rice grains
as a replacement for maize meal has no
adverse effects on the
haematological and serum biochemistry of finisher broiler chicks.
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Keywords:
Blood chemistry; Hungry rice rice grains; maize; broiler chicks
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To cite this article:
Ukim CI and CO Obun,
2015.
Haematology and Blood Chemistry of
finisher broiler chicks fed Hungry rice (Digitaria exilis) grains
as replacement for maize.
Res.
Opin. Anim. Vet. Sci., 5(4): 205-209. |
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