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Effect of different alkali-treated groundnut ( Arachis hypogea ) shell meal on blood parameters and meat yield of broiler finisher chickens
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
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| Author | Adua, M. M. Thani, R. J. Abubakar, Hermawaty Matthew, Upson |
| Copyright Year | 2012 |
| Abstract | One hundred and eighty 28 day-old Anak 2000 broiler chicks were utilized in an experiment to evaluate the effect of different alkali-treated groundnut shell meal on carcass characteristics and blood parameters of broiler finisher birds. The birds were randomly allocated to five dietary treatments tagged T1, T2, T3, T4 and T5. Diet T1 is served as the control (non groundnut shell), diet T2 contained potash treated groundnut shell meal (PTGS), T3 contained alum treated groundnut shell (ATGS), T4 contained salt treated groundnut shell meal (STGS) while diet T5 contained untreated groundnut shell meal (UTGS) and replicated 4 times. All the diets were compounded to be isonitrogenous (about 20%) and isocaloric (2700kcal/kg ME). At the end of the feeding trial during the finishing phase, blood samples were collected from 4 birds per treatment using 5mls sterile disposable needles under the wings of the birds and emptied into sample bottles containing Ethylene diamine tetra acetic Acid (EDTA) as anticoagulant to prevent clothing of the blood. Red blood cells, white blood cells, hemoglobin, packed cell volume, and leukocyte differential were analyzed while MCH, MCHC and MCV were calculated. Blood samples were also being collected in separate sample bottles without anti-coagulant to allow for clotting for some serum biochemical constituents. The result obtained show that there was no significant variation in the values obtained for all the carcass parameters evaluated; length of the small intestines (64.25 vs. 69.75 vs. 64.00 vs. 78.25 and 86.50cm) and large intestine (11.25 vs. 11.25 vs. 11.25 vs.10.90 vs. 11.25 and 13.00cm) for UTGS tended to be longer (P>0.05) compared to the other diets. Similarly, the glucose levels (6.45 vs. 5.35 vs. 6.65 vs. 5.25 and 5.40mmoll -1 ) were not influenced by the dietary treatments but appeared to vary numerically across the treatments. From the findings of this research, farmers can use PTGS, STGS or UTGS untreated groundnut shell in the diets of broilers for production with out producing any adverse effects on the heath status of the birds. |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://scholarly-journals.com/sjas/archive/2012/sept/pdf/Adua%20et%20al.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
