Haematological and Serum biochemical indices of growing rabbits fed bovine blood rumen – content mixture (BBRCM)

Mohammed, G.; Igwebuike, J. U.

doi:10.5251/abjna.2011.2.4.724.728

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“…The similar haematological and serum indices in this study are similar with broiler chicks fed black seed extracts (Siddiqui and Sayed, 2015). This suggests the nutritional adequacy of dietary protein in the diets as earlier reported by Mohammed et al (2012) that good quality diet enhances the erythropoietic and haemopoetic syntheses.…”

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A feeding trial was carried out to investigate the response of broiler chicks to cassava peel meal supplemented with Roxazyme® G2G. Cassava peel meal based diet containing 0, 20 and 40% at the expense of maize was divided into 3 equal portions; each portion had 0, 100 and 200 mg/kg Roxazyme® G2G supplementation to make a total of nine diets. A total of 450 day old broiler chicks with weight range between 396 and 401 g were randomly distributed to the diets in a 3 × 3 factorial arrangement at 50 chicks per treatment; replicated five times of ten birds per replicate. The results obtained shows significant decrease (p<0.05) in final live weight (FLW), (554.65 g versus 510.11 and 521.00 g), average weight gain (AWG) (24.02 g/b/d versus 21.90 and 22.08 g/b/d) and average feed intake (44.23 g/b/d versus 42.02 and 42.83 g/b/d) of broiler chicks at 0% vs 20 and 40% cassava peel meal, respectively. While the feed conversion ratio (FCR) was not significant (p>0.05). Enzyme supplementation improved performance of broiler chicks by 2.39 and 5.87% in the FLW, 3.88 and 7.63% in average daily weight gain (ADWG), 6.03 and 7.54% in FCR over birds fed nonenzyme supplemented diets. Haematological and serum indices of the birds were similar, irrespective of enzyme supplementation. From the findings of this study, an optimum supplementation of Roxazyme ® G2G at 100 mg/kg of either 20 or 40% cassava peel meal substitution in broiler chick diet is recommended.

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“…The DBRC was ground and mixed in 1:3 ratios respectively and mixed at different levels in the feed of Japanese quail. Keeping in view of optimum protein content, CF content and palatability, the DBRC was selected with 1:3 ratio as reported by several researchers for preparation of feed for layer diet [ 13 ] and for rabbit [ 14 ].…”

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Chemical composition of solar dried blood and the ruminal content and its effect on performance of Japanese quails

Mishra¹,

Abraham²,

Rao³

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Aim:The aim was to determine the chemical composition of solar dried blood and rumen content (DBRC) and further ascertain the concentration at which DBRC could be included in Japanese quail diets without any adverse effect on its performance.Materials and Methods:Feeding trial on the effect of DBRC on performance of Japanese quails was studied up to 5 weeks. 252 numbers of day old (Nandanam Type III breed) Japanese quails were purchased from Poultry Research Station, Madhavaram and divided into 7 batches (control+ six treatments) each consisting of 36 birds. The DBRC was included at 0%, 5%, 10%, 15%, 20%, 25% and 30% in diets as control, treatment-1 (T1), treatment-2 (T2), treatment-3 (T3), treatment-4 (T4), treatment-5 (T5) and treatment-6 (T6) respectively in a completely randomized design to replace soybean meal in Japanese quail feed. The birds were provided with ad-labidum feed and drinking water ad-libitum during the entire experimental period.Results:The crude protein (CP), crude fiber (CF), ether extract (EE) and ash contents of DBRC were 35.87%, 17.40%, 3.6% and 12.6%, respectively. The amount of essential amino acids and non-essential amino acid content were found to be 12.98 and 4.87 (g/100 g of feed) respectively in DBRC feed. Result showed that all birds fed DBRC diets performed better than the control group. Mortality was unaffected by dietary treatments. There was a significant difference (p<0.01) observed in weight gain in treatment groups compared to the control.Conclusion:Up to 30% DBRC could be incorporated in the diets of Japanese quails without any adverse effects on its performance.

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Effects of the dietary replacement of maize with sun-dried cocoa pods on the performance of growing rabbits

Esong

Etchu

Bayemi

et al. 2015

Trop Anim Health Prod

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Twenty seven mixed-breed growing rabbits (1.2-1.3 kg body weight) aged 10-12 weeks were used to study the effects of the dietary replacement of maize with sun-dried cocoa pod husks on the performance of growing rabbits in a 6-week trial. Three treatment diets were compounded whereby sun-dried cocoa pod husks replaced maize at 0, 50, and 100 %, respectively. The animals were divided among the three treatment diets so that each diet had 3 replicates of 3 animals each. Feed intake and weight gain were recorded; faeces were also collected for digestibility trials, and cost analysis was also carried out. Results showed a significant difference (P < 0.05) in daily feed intake between the dietary treatments. However, there was no significant difference (P > 0.05) in the final metabolic weights, total metabolic weight gain, daily growth rate, and feed conversion ratio between the treatments. The digestibility study showed a decrease in the digestibility of dry matter and metabolisable energy with the increase in cocoa pod husk inclusion. Cost analysis indicate that significant net gains can be made by incorporating 200 g sundried cocoa pod husks per kg of the diet of growing rabbits compared with the same proportion of maize. These results suggest that sun-dried cocoa pod husks can totally replace maize and provide a cheap source of energy in the diets of growing rabbits.

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Haematological and Serum biochemical indices of growing rabbits fed bovine blood rumen – content mixture (BBRCM)

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Chemical composition of solar dried blood and the ruminal content and its effect on performance of Japanese quails

Effects of the dietary replacement of maize with sun-dried cocoa pods on the performance of growing rabbits

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