SERUM BIOCHEMISTRY OF TWO BROILER STRAINS FED FOUR DIFFERENT SOURCES OF FEEDS

Abstract

This study was conducted to determine the effect of interaction between four feed sources on the Serum Biochemistry of two broiler strains. A total of 128-day old broiler chicks (64 A and 64 B strains) were randomly allotted to Eight (8) experimental treatments designated as T1 (A diet + A strain), T2 (A diet + B strain), T3 (B feed + A strain), T4 (B feed + B strain),T5 (C feed + A stain), T6 (C feed + B strain), T7 (D feed + A strain), T8(D feed + B stain) in a 4x2 Factorial design (four feed factors and two breed factors) arranged in a completely randomized design (CRD). Blood samples were collected and analysed to determine the Serum Biochemistry of the two broiler strains fed four sources of feed. The study showed that there were significant difference (P <0.05) in all the serum biochemical indices except in Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) that was not significant (P> 0.05). The result also shows that Glucose in T4 was the highest (158.45±0.05) while T3 was the highest in Protein, Triglyceride, cholesterol and Urea respectively (39.58±0.05, 79.71±0.18, 124.85±0.05 and 4.35±0.15). It was therefore concluded that the T3 can be safely used for improved poultry production and health promoting cells of the broiler birds as a result of high protein, triglyceride and urea