IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/onl/cjoaac/v3y2018i2p72-80id391.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Blood Characteristics of Broiler Chickens as Influenced by Dietary Inclusion of Neem (Azadirachta indica) Leaf Meal

Author

Listed:
  • Ubua, J. A.
  • Ozung, P. O.
  • Inagu, P. G.
  • Aboluja, B. A.

Abstract

The blood characteristics of broiler chickens as influenced by dietary inclusion of Neem Leaf Meal (NLM) were investigated. The duration of feeding trial was eight weeks, with a total of 192 day - old broiler chicks. The chicks were randomly allotted to four (4) dietary treatments of 48 birds each and replicated three times with 16 birds per replicate in a Completely Randomized Design (CRD) experiment. The dietary treatments had inclusion levels of 0, 2.5, 5.0 and 7.5% NLM, respectively. A total of 36 blood samples (3 per replicate, i.e. 9 per treatment) were obtained with the aid of hypodermic needles and syringes via the prominent wing vein of the broilers at the 8th week. Blood for haematological assay was collected into EDTA bottles, while blood for serum biochemical determinations was collected into non – EDTA bottles. All blood parameters were assayed using standard laboratory procedures. Results were subjected to one – way ANOVA where haematological characteristics were not significantly (P>0.05) influenced by dietary treatments. The parameters ranged as follows: RBC (2.33 - 3.00 ×1012/L); WBC (6.90 - 8.90 ×109/L), Hb (13.66 – 15.13 g/dl), MCHC (43.13 – 44.10%), MCH (58.67 – 61.67 pg), MCV (134.33 – 144.67 fl) and PCV (32.00 – 34.33%). In terms of serum biochemical indices only cholesterol content (3.77 – 6.03 mmol/L) was significantly (P<0.05) affected by dietary treatments, while albumin (4.31 – 5.58 g/dl), glucose( 6.73 – 7.60 mmol/L), creatinine (44.40 – 47.50 µmol/L), total protein (6.57 – 8.62 g/dl), globulin (1.94 – 3.04 g/dl) and urea (1.77 – 2.33 mmol/L) showed no significant differences (P>0.05) between treatments. All haematological and serum biochemical parameters were within the normal ranges for apparently healthy broiler chickens. The study therefore concludes that including up to 7.5% neem leaf meal (NLM) in diets meant for broiler chickens will not adversely affect their blood characteristics.

Suggested Citation

  • Ubua, J. A. & Ozung, P. O. & Inagu, P. G. & Aboluja, B. A., 2018. "Blood Characteristics of Broiler Chickens as Influenced by Dietary Inclusion of Neem (Azadirachta indica) Leaf Meal," Canadian Journal of Agriculture and Crops, Online Science Publishing, vol. 3(2), pages 72-80.
    • Handle: RePEc:onl:cjoaac:v:3:y:2018:i:2:p:72-80:id:391
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://onlinesciencepublishing.com/index.php/cjac/article/view/391/594
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: http://onlinesciencepublishing.com/index.php/cjac/article/view/391/1234
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:onl:cjoaac:v:3:y:2018:i:2:p:72-80:id:391. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Pacharapa Naka (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://www.onlinesciencepublishing.com/index.php/cjac/ .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.